H5647G–עָבַד–a.vad

Why are you desiring death, you and your people, by the sword, and because food is gone, and by disease, as the Lord has said of the nation which does not become the servant of the king of Babylon?

יַעֲבֹ֖ד ya.'a.Vod “it will serve”

And you are not to give ear to the prophets who say to you, You will not become servants of the king of Babylon: for what they say is not true.

תַעַבְד֖וּ ta.'av.Du “you will serve”

Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?

עִבְד֥וּ 'iv.Du “serve”

For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: I have put a yoke of iron on the necks of all these nations, making them servants to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon; and they are to be his servants: and in addition I have given him the beasts of the

לַעֲבֹ֛ד (עֲבֹ֛ד) 'a.Vod “serve”וַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּ (עֲבָדֻ֑) 'a.va.Du. “they will serve”

For it will come about on that day, says the Lord of armies, that his yoke will be broken off his neck, and his bands will be burst; and men of strange lands will no longer make use of him as their servant:

יַעַבְדוּ־ ya.'av.du- “they will work”

That every man was to let his Hebrew man-servant and his Hebrew servant-girl go free; so that no one might make use of a Jew, his countryman, as a servant:

עֲבָד־ 'a.vod- “to work”

And this was done by all the rulers and the people who had taken part in the agreement, and every one let his man-servant and his servant-girl go free, not to be used as servants any longer; they did so, and let them go.

עֲבָד־ 'a.vod- “to work”

At the end of seven years every man is to let go his countryman who is a Hebrew, who has become yours for a price and has been your servant for six years; you are to let him go free: but your fathers gave no attention and did not give ear.

וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙ (עֲבָֽדְ) 'a.va.de. “he will serve”

And Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear of the servants of the Chaldaeans: go on living in the land, and become the servants of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.

מֵעֲב֣וֹד (עֲב֣וֹד) 'a.Vod “serving”וְעִבְד֛וּ (עִבְד֛וּ) 'iv.Du “serve”

As for you, O children of Israel, the Lord has said: Let every man completely put away his images and give ear to me: and let my holy name no longer be shamed by your offerings and your images.

עֲבֹ֔דוּ 'a.Vo.du “serve”

And the tree of the field will give its fruit and the earth will give its increase, and they will be safe in their land; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I have had their yoke broken and have given them salvation from the hands of those

הָעֹבְדִ֥ים (עֹבְדִ֥ים) 'oe.Dim “[who] labored”

And Jacob went in flight into the field of Aram, and Israel became a servant for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד (יַּעֲבֹ֤ד) i.ya.'a.Vod “he served”

And they will be mine, says the Lord, in the day when I make them my special property; and I will have mercy on them as a man has mercy on his son who is his servant.

הָעֹבֵ֥ד (עֹבֵ֥ד) 'o.Ved “serves”