H5647G–עָבַד–a.vad

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

יַעֲבֹ֖ד ya.'a.Vod “it will serve”

And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

תַעַבְד֖וּ ta.'av.Du “you will serve”

Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation?

עִבְד֥וּ 'iv.Du “serve”

For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also.

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

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

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

that every man should let his man-servant, and every man his maid-servant, that is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondmen of them, [ergänzt: to wit], of a Jew his brother.

עֲבָד־ 'a.vod- “to work”

And all the princes and all the people obeyed, that had entered into the covenant, that every one should let his man-servant, and every one his maid-servant, go free, that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:

עֲבָד־ 'a.vod- “to work”

At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew, that hath been sold unto thee, and hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.

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

And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

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

As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Go ye, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall ye no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

עֲבֹ֔דוּ 'a.Vo.du “serve”

And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those that made bondmen of them.

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

And Jacob fled into the field of Aram, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [ergänzt: sheep].

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

And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [ergänzt: even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

הָעֹבֵ֥ד (עֹבֵ֥ד) 'o.Ved “serves”