עבודה

עבודה

Hebrew

FWOTD – 1 May 2022

Root
ע־ב־ד‎ (ʿ-b-d)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /avoˈda/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /a.voj.dɔ/, [aˈvoj.də], [aˈvej.də]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)avoˈda/, [ŋavoˈda]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕăvoˈðɔ/

Noun

עֲבוֹדָה • (avodá) f (plural indefinite עֲבוֹדוֹת‎, singular construct עֲבוֹדַת־‎, plural construct עֲבוֹדוֹת־‎)

1. worship, service
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 1:2:

     ‏עַל שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים הָעוֹלָם עוֹמֵד: עַל הַתּוֹרָה וְעַל הָעֲבוֹדָה וְעַל גְּמִילוּת חֲסָדִים‎

     al shloshá d'varím ha-olám oméd: al ha-toráh v-al ha-avodah v-al g'milút ḥasadím

     Upon three things the world stands: upon the Torah, and upon worship, and upon deeds of loving kindness.

2. work, job, labor
   • Exodus 1:14, with translation of the New International Version:

     ‏וַיְמָרְרוּ אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶם בַּעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה בְּחֹמֶר וּבִלְבֵנִים וּבְכָל־עֲבֹדָה בַּשָּׂדֶה אֵת כָּל־עֲבֹדָתָם אֲשֶׁר־עָבְדוּ בָהֶם בְּפָרֶךְ׃‎‎

     Vaymar'rú et ḥayyeihém ba-avodáh kasháh b-ḥómer u-vi-l'vaním u-v-khol avodah ba-sadeh et kol avodatam asher avdu va-hem b-farekh.

     They made their lives bitter with harsh labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their harsh labor the Egyptians worked them ruthlessly.

3. (physics) work

Declension

Declension of עֲבוֹדָה

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	עֲבוֹדָה	first	עֲבוֹדָתִי‎		עֲבוֹדָתֵנוּ‎
	definite	הָעֲבוֹדָה‎	second	עֲבוֹדָתְךָ‎	עֲבוֹדָתֵךְ‎	עֲבוֹדַתְכֶם‎	עֲבוֹדַתְכֶן‎
	construct	עֲבוֹדַת־‎	third	עֲבוֹדָתוֹ‎	עֲבוֹדָתָהּ‎	עֲבוֹדָתָם‎	עֲבוֹדָתָן‎
plural	indefinite	עֲבוֹדוֹת‎	first	עבודותיי / עֲבוֹדוֹתַי‎		עֲבוֹדוֹתֵינוּ‎
	definite	הָעֲבוֹדוֹת‎	second	עֲבוֹדוֹתֶיךָ‎	עבודותייך / עֲבוֹדוֹתַיִךְ‎	עֲבוֹדוֹתֵיכֶם‎	עֲבוֹדוֹתֵיכֶן‎
	construct	עֲבוֹדוֹת־‎	third	עֲבוֹדוֹתָיו‎	עֲבוֹדוֹתֶיהָ‎	עֲבוֹדוֹתָם‎	עֲבוֹדוֹתָן‎

Derived terms

• עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה‎ ('avodá zará)
• עבודה שחורה / עֲבוֹדָה שְׁחֹרָה‎ (avodá shchorá)

See also

• מְלָאכָה‎ (m'lakhá)

References

• H5656 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

הָעֲבוֹדָה • (ha'avodá)

1. (Politics) The Israeli Labor Party, a social-democratic and Zionist political party in Israel.

Further reading

• Avodah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• עובדה‎

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה‎.

Noun

עבודה • (avoyde) f, plural עבֿודות‎ (avoydes)

1. worship, service, work

Derived terms

• עבֿודה־זרה‎ (avoyde-zore)
• עבֿודת־פּרך‎ (avoydes-perekh)
• עבֿודה־בזויה‎ (avoyde-bzuye)
• עבֿודת־הבורא‎ (avoydes-haboyre)
• עבֿודת־הקודש‎ (avoydes-hakoydesh)

References

• Astravux, Aljaksandar (2008), “avojde”, in Idyš-bjelaruski slóŭnik [Yiddish–Belarusian Dictionary], Minsk: Mjedisónt, →ISBN, page 110