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־) [pattern: קְטוֹלָה]
- 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.
- work, job, labor
- Tanach, 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.
- (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
- סוּס עֲבוֹדָה (sús avodá)
- עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה ('avodá zará)
- עבודה שחורה / עֲבוֹדָה שְׁחֹרָה (avodá shchorá)
- עֲבוֹדוֹת דְּחָק (avodót d'khak)
See also
- מְלָאכָה (m'lakhá)
References
Proper noun
הָעֲבוֹדָה • (ha'avodá)
- (Politics) The Israeli Labor Party, a social-democratic and Zionist political party in Israel.
Anagrams
Yiddish
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
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