--- title: עֲבַד — make · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: עֲבַד (lemma:עֲבַד), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 35 times: make. BDB 1906: vb. make, do. 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Palm. Egyptian Aramaic (S-CPap.; cf. אַזְדָּא); = BH עָבַד, q.v., but in meaning ‖ עשׂה);— Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Dn 3:1 +, 2 ms. עֲבַ֑דְתְּ (K§ 13, 2) 4:32; 1 s. עַבְדֵֿת 3:15; 6:23, 3 mpl. עֲבַ֫דוּ Ezr 6:13 +; Impf. 2 mpl. תַּעְבְּדוּן (Baer K§ 38, 1. b); תַּעַבְדוּן Gi Str) Ezr 6:8; 7:18; Inf. מֶעְבַּד (K§ 15, a) 2)) 4:22; 7:18 (מֶעְבַּ֑ד); Pt. act. עָבֵד 7:26 +, fs. עָבְדָא Dn 7:21; mpl. עָֽבְדִין Ezr 4:15;— make, acc. rei Dn 3:1, 15 and (of creation) Je 10:11; make a feast Dn 5:1, war 7:21 (עִם pers.), ded. of temple Ezr 6:16. do, acc. of deed, Dn 4:32 (of God), 6:23 Ezr 4:15, 22; do, act, כְּנֵמָא, thus, Ezr 6:13, כ, according to, Dn 7:18 and (of God) 4:32, abs. 6:11; acc. + ב rei Ezr 7:18 do something with, + עִם pers. 6:8; do, perform, acc. of God’s law 7:26, acc. of signs, etc. (subj. God) Dn 6:28 and (+ עִם pers.) 3:32. Impf. 3 ms. יִתְעֲבֵד Ezr 6:11 +, ד—ִ֑ 6:12; 7:21; 2 mpl. תִּתְעַבְדוּן Dn 2:5; Pt. מִתְעֲבֵד Ezr 7:26, -בֶד־ 4:19, fs. -עַבְדָא 5:8;— be made into, c. n. pred., Dn 2:5; 3:29; Ezr 6:11. be done, wrought, 4:19, 5:3 (subj. עֲבִידְתָּא); be performed, executed, of command Ezr 6:12; 7:21, 23, judgment 7:26. ### Jastrow 1903 עֲבַד I: to do, labor; to make; to act to do, fare, prosper to spend time Part. pass. made, liable to, likely, used to to make, produce to cause to prosper to work through to be done; to be made, become [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b7_5d3/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** (corresp. to h. עָשָׂה) to do, labor; to make; to act. Targ. Gen. I, 7. Ib. XXXI, 26; a. v. fr.—Ber. 60ᵇ לעולם … כל דעביד רחמנא לטב Ms. M. (ed. לטב עביד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) man should train himself always to say, Whatever the Merciful One does, is for good; Yalk. Job 893 כל … לטב עביד. Tem. 4ᵇ אי עביד מהני, v. הֲנִי. Yeb. 37ᵃ מי עָבוּד רבנן תקנתא וכ׳ (not עביד) have the Rabbis adopted special measures for priests \&c.? Ib. עַבְדִּינָן כרבנן we act (decide) in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Keth. 60ᵇ לא עַבְדֵי נשי דחנקן וכ׳ women will not do such a thing as strangling their children. Kidd. 50ᵃ לא ע׳ אינש דמשוי וכ׳ a man will not declare himself a wrongdoer; a. v. fr. to do, fare, prosper. Lev. R. s. 5, end מה את עָבֵיד how art thou?; ומה ארעא עֲבִידָא and how does the field fare?; מה תורין עַבְדִין how are the oxen? Ib. ע׳ לב טב he assumes cheerfulness. Gen. R. s. 13 כל שיחתן … עַבְדַּת ארעא all the talk of people turns on the land (material prosperity): ‘the land is doing well’ (crops promise to be good); ‘the land is not doing well’; a. fr. to spend time. Y. Shebi. VIII, 38ᵇ top עביד טמיר במערתא וכ׳ he remained hidden in a cave \&c.; ib. IX, 38ᵈ. Y. Shek. V, 48ᵈ top עַבְדַת טמירא וכ׳ she (the ass) remained hidden with them \&c.; Gen. R. s. 60 עבדת גבון; a. fr.—Part. pass. עָבִיד; f. עֲבִידָא made, liable to, likely, used to. Y. Peah III, 17ᵈ bot. היך ע׳ how did it happen (i.e. in what case would it make a practical difference for the slave)? R. Hash. 22ᵇ, a. e. מילתא דע׳ לאיגלויי, v. גְּלֵי. Shebu. 46ᵃ, v. גְּזַם; a. fr. to make, produce. Targ. O. Ex. XXXII, 10 אַעַבֵּיד ed. Berl. (oth. אַעֲבֵיד; Y. אֶעְבַּד). Ib. XXX, 37; a. fr.—Lev. R. s. 28, end, v. infra. to cause to prosper. Gen. R. s. 13 כל תפלתן … מרי תַעֲבִיד ארעא יכ׳ all the prayers of men turn on the earth (mundane affairs): Lord, make the land (crop) thrive, make the land prosper; a. e. to work through. Part. pass. מְעַבַּד, מְעַבְּדָא. B. Mets. 116ᵇ טינא דמע׳ thoroughly kneaded clay. to be done; to be made, become. Targ. Gen. XXIX, 26. Targ. Koh. VIII, 4. Targ. Ps. LXII, 4; a. fr.—Lam. R. to II, 2 בעית לאִיעַבְדָּא וכ׳ (not לאיבדא, לעיבדא) dost thou want to be made a senator? Lev. R. s. 28, end מאן דעַבֵּיד … אתע׳ וכ׳ he who made the comes …, is now to become a bather \&c.; Esth. R. to VI, 10 האי גברא מְעַבֵּיד … עביד בלן (corr. acc.); a. fr. \[Zeb. 75ᵇ דאיעבד, read: דאיערוב, v. עֲרַב I.\]—V. דִּיעֲבַד. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «עֲבַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.21/) חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית וְקַרְנָ֣א דִכֵּ֔ן עָבְדָ֥ה קְרָ֖ב עִם־קַדִּישִׁ֑ין וְיָכְלָ֖ה לְהֽוֹן׃ *Word for word:* seeing I.was and the horn this \[was\].making war with \[the\].holy.\[ones\] and \[it.was\].prevailing to them *JPS 1917:* I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; [Ezra 4:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.22/) וּזְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְמֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל־דְּנָ֑ה לְמָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔א לְהַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין׃ס *Word for word:* and cautious be negligence to do concerning this why? will.it.grow.great the damage to injury kings *JPS 1917:* And take heed that ye be not slack herein; why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?' - ← previous: [עֲבֵד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b5_5d3.md) - next →: [עֲבֵד־נְגוֹ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b5_5d3_5be_5e0_5b0_5d2_5d5_5b9.md) - ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1506.md)