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title: עֲבֻדָּה — service · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲבֻדָּה (5657), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: service. BDB 1906: n.f. service. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲבֻדָּה

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«עֲבֻדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **service** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5657 · **BDB:** עֲבֻדָּה

### Glosses

service (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

service [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5657/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. service [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5657/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. service (on format. v. LagBN 151);—of household servants as a body, ‖ cattle, etc., Gn 26:14 (J); Jb 1:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲבֻדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5657/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.26.14/)

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וַֽיְהִי־ל֤וֹ מִקְנֵה־צֹאן֙ וּמִקְנֵ֣ה בָקָ֔ר וַעֲבֻדָּ֖ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיְקַנְא֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged to him livestock of.flock and livestock of.herd and service much and they.envied him \[the\].Philistines

*JPS 1917:* And he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great household; and the Philistines envied him.

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[Job 1:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.1.3/)

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וַיְהִ֣י מִ֠קְנֵהוּ שִֽׁבְעַ֨ת אַלְפֵי־צֹ֜אן וּשְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת אַלְפֵ֣י גְמַלִּ֗ים וַחֲמֵ֨שׁ מֵא֤וֹת צֶֽמֶד־בָּקָר֙ וַחֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֲתוֹנ֔וֹת וַעֲבֻדָּ֖ה רַבָּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וַיְהִי֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַה֔וּא גָּד֖וֹל מִכָּל־בְּנֵי־קֶֽדֶם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was livestock his seven thousand(s) sheep and three thousand(s) camels and five hundred(s) pair\[s\] of.ox\[en\] and five hundred(s) female.donkeys and service much very and he.was the man (the) that great more than.all \[the\].people of.\[the\].east

*JPS 1917:* His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

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