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title: עֲבֵד — slave · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עֲבֵד (lemma:עֲבֵד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 26 times: slave. BDB 1906: n.m. slave, servant. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲבֵד

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«עֲבֵד» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **slave** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 26 times · **Key:** lemma:עֲבֵד · **BDB:** עֲבַד²

### Glosses

and.Abednego (26)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slave [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b5_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. slave, servant [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b5_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. slave, servant (BH עֶ֫בֶד);—cstr. עֲבֵד Dn 6:21 servant of God; pl. sf. of king, עבדיך Kt (K§ 53 Anm. b)), עַבְדָךְ Qr Ezr 4:11; עַבְדָךְ Qr Dn 2:4; sf. of God, עַבְד֫וֹהִי, Dn 3:26, 28; Ezr 5:11, of king Dn 2:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲבֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b5_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.30/)

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בֵּאדַ֣יִן מַלְכָּ֗א הַצְלַ֛ח לְשַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֛ךְ וַעֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ עֲבֵ֥ד נְג֖וֹ בִּמְדִינַ֥ת בָּבֶֽל׃פ

*Word for word:* then the king he.caused.to.prosper (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego in the.province of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.

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[Daniel 3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.23/)

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וְגֻבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ תְּלָ֣תֵּה֔וֹן שַׁדְרַ֥ךְ מֵישַׁ֖ךְ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֑וֹ נְפַ֛לוּ לְגֽוֹא־אַתּוּן־נוּרָ֥א יָֽקִדְתָּ֖א מְכַפְּתִֽין׃פ

*Word for word:* and the men these three of.them Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego they.fell to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning bound

*JPS 1917:* And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

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