H5647I–עָבַד–a.vad

No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,

לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד (עֲבֹ֖ד) 'a.Vod “till”

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

לְעָבְדָ֖הּ (עָבְדָ֖) 'a.ve.Da “till”

Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

לַֽעֲבֹד֙ (עֲבֹד֙) 'a.Vod “till”

Again she gave birth, to Cain's brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

עֹבֵ֥ד 'o.Ved “a tiller of”

From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."

תַֽעֲבֹד֙ ta.'a.Vod “you will till”

You shall labor six days, and do all your work,

תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ ta.'a.Vod “you will labor”

Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.

תַּעֲבֹ֔ד ta.'a.Vod “you will labor”

Six days shall you labor, and do all your work;

תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ ta.'a.Vod “you will labor”

All the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to Yahweh your God: you shall do no work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock.

תַעֲבֹד֙ ta.'a.Vod “you will labor”

and it shall be, that the city which is nearest to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hasn't been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke;

עֻבַּד֙ 'u.Bad “it has been worked”

and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.

יֵעָבֵ֥ד ye.'a.Ved “it is tilled”

You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather [supplied: the grapes]; for the worm shall eat them.

וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ (עָבָ֑דְתָּ) 'a.Va.de.ta “you will labor”

They didn't drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and are become servants to do forced labor.

עֹבֵֽד׃ 'o.Ved “laboring”

You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [supplied: the fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

וְעָבַ֣דְתָּ (עָבַ֣דְתָּ) 'a.Vad.ta “you will work”

their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants to this day.

עֹבֵ֔ד 'o.Ved “laboring”

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, But he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

עֹבֵ֣ד 'o.Ved “[one who] works”

One who works his land will have an abundance of food; But one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

עֹבֵ֣ד 'o.Ved “[one who] tills”

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

נֶעֱבָֽד׃ ne.'e.Vad “he has been served”

The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

הָעֹבֵ֔ד (עֹבֵ֔ד) 'o.Ved “laborer”

Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded.

עֹבְדֵ֥י 'oe.Dei “workers of”

For Yahweh will rise up as on Mount Perazim, he will be angry as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ (עֲבֹד֙) 'a.Vod “work”

the oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

עֹֽבְדֵי֙ 'oe.Dei “[which] work”

But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that [supplied: nation] will I let remain in their own land, says Yahweh; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

וַֽעֲבָדָ֖הּ (עֲבָדָ֖) 'a.va.Da “it will work”

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

הֶעֱבִ֨יד he.'e.Vid “he made to labor”עָבַ֥ד 'a.Vad “he had labored”

I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they worked for me, says the Lord Yahweh.

עָ֣בַד 'A.vad “he served”