H5647G–עָבַד–a.vad

For twelve years they were under the rule of Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they put off his control.

עָבְד֖וּ 'a.ve.Du “they had served”

And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;

וַעֲבָד֖וּם (עֲבָד֖וּ) 'a.va.Du “they will serve”

But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.

יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ ya.'a.Vo.du “they will serve”

And the Lord said to her, Two nations are in your body, and two peoples will come to birth from you: the one will be stronger than the other, and the older will be the servant of the younger.

יַעֲבֹ֥ד ya.'a.Vod “it will serve”

Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ (יַֽעַבְד֣וּ) ya.'av.Du. “may they serve”

By your sword will you get your living and you will be your brother's servant; but when your power is increased his yoke will be broken from off your neck.

תַּעֲבֹ֑ד ta.'a.Vod “you will serve”

Then Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother are you to be my servant for nothing? say now, what is your payment to be?

וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִי (עֲבַדְתַּ֖) 'a.vad.Ta. “you will serve”

And Jacob was in love with Rachel; and he said, I will be your servant seven years for Rachel, your younger daughter.

אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙ (אֶֽעֱבָדְ) 'e.'e.va.de. “I will serve”

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד (יַּעֲבֹ֧ד) i.ya.'a.Vod “he served”

And in the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What have you done to me? was I not working for you so that I might have Rachel? why have you been false to me?

עָבַ֣דְתִּי 'a.Vad.ti “have I served”

Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

תַּעֲבֹ֣ד ta.'a.Vod “you will serve”

Then Jacob took Rachel as his wife, and his love for her was greater than his love for Leah; and he went on working for Laban for another seven years.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד (יַּעֲבֹ֣ד) i.ya.'a.Vod “he served”

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have been your servant, and let me go: for you have knowledge of all the work I have done for you.

עָבַ֧דְתִּי 'a.Vad.ti “I have served”עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ׃ (עֲבַדְתִּֽי) 'a.vad.Ti. “I have served”

Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ (עֲבַדְתִּ֑י) 'a.vad.Ti. “I have served”

And you have seen how I have done all in my power for your father,

עָבַ֖דְתִּי 'a.Vad.ti “I have served”

These twenty years I have been in your house; I was your servant for fourteen years because of your daughters, and for six years I kept your flock, and ten times was my payment changed.

עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ (עֲבַדְתִּ֜י) 'a.vad.Ti. “I served”

And he saw that rest was good and the land was pleasing; so he let them put weights on his back and became a servant.

עֹבֵֽד׃ 'o.Ved “laboring”

And they gave the children of Israel even harder work to do:

וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ (יַּעֲבִ֧דוּ) i.ya.'a.Vi.du “they compelled to labor”

And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.

עָבְד֥וּ 'a.ve.Du “they labored”

Go now, get back to your work; no dry stems will be given to you, but you are to make the full number of bricks.

עִבְד֔וּ 'iv.Du “work”

And truly my ears are open to the cry of the children of Israel whom the Egyptians keep under their yoke; and I have kept in mind my agreement.

מַעֲבִדִ֣ים ma.'a.vi.Dim “[are] compelling to labor”

And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

מֵעָבְדֵֽנוּ׃ (עָבְדֵֽ) 'a.ve.De. “serving”

Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה (נַֽעַבְדָ֣ה) na.'av.Dah “let us serve”עֲבֹ֣ד 'a.Vod “serving”

If you get a Hebrew servant for money, he is to be your servant for six years, and in the seventh year you are to let him go free without payment.

יַעֲבֹ֑ד ya.'a.Vod “he will serve”

Then his master is to take him to the gods of the house, and at the door, or at its framework, he is to make a hole in his ear with a sharp-pointed instrument; and he will be his servant for ever.

וַעֲבָד֖וֹ (עֲבָד֖) 'a.va.D “he will serve”