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title: עַבְדֻת — servitude · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַבְדֻת (5659), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: servitude. BDB 1906: n.f. servitude, bondage. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַבְדֻת

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«עַבְדֻת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **servitude** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5659 · **BDB:** עַבְדוּת

### Glosses

servitude (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

servitude [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5659/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. servitude, bondage [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5659/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. servitude, bondage;—sf. עַבְדֻתֵנוּ Ez 9:8, 9; עַבְדֻתָם Ne 9:17 (cf. Syriac ܥܰܒܕܽܘܬܳܐ ).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַבְדֻת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5659/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 9:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.9.8/)

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וְעַתָּ֡ה כִּמְעַט־רֶגַע֩ הָיְתָ֨ה תְחִנָּ֜ה מֵאֵ֣ת ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ לְהַשְׁאִ֥יר לָ֙נוּ֙ פְּלֵיטָ֔ה וְלָתֶת־לָ֥נוּ יָתֵ֖ד בִּמְק֣וֹם קָדְשׁ֑וֹ לְהָאִ֤יר עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וּלְתִתֵּ֛נוּ מִֽחְיָ֥ה מְעַ֖ט בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and now like a.little of.a.moment it.has.come favor from with Yahweh God our to leave to us an.escaped.remnant and to give to us a.tent.peg in the.place his.holiness his to light.up eyes our God our and to give to.us reviving a.little in servitude our

*JPS 1917:* And now for a little moment grace hath been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in His holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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[Nehemiah 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.9.17/)

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וַיְמָאֲנ֣וּ לִשְׁמֹ֗עַ וְלֹא־זָכְר֤וּ נִפְלְאֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֣יתָ עִמָּהֶ֔ם וַיַּקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־עָרְפָּ֔ם וַיִּתְּנוּ־רֹ֛אשׁ לָשׁ֥וּב לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם בְּמִרְיָ֑ם וְאַתָּה֩ אֱל֨וֹהַּ סְלִיח֜וֹת חַנּ֧וּן וְרַח֛וּם אֶֽרֶךְ־אַפַּ֥יִם וְרַב־חֶ֖סֶדוְלֹ֥א עֲזַבְתָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.refused to listen and not they.remembered wonders your which you.had.done with them and they.stiffened (et) neck their and they.appointed a.leader to return to servitude their in rebellion their and you \[are\].a.God of.forgiveness(es) gracious and compassionate long of.anger(s) and great of.covenant.loyalty and not you abandoned.them

*JPS 1917:* and refused to hearken, neither were mindful of Thy wonders that Thou didst among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage; but Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not.

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