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# עֲבִידָה

Biblical Aramaic

**work** — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

work [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲבִידָה: n.f. work, service [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. work, service (BH עֲבֹדָה);—emph. עֲבִידְתָּא Ezr 5:8; Dn 2:49, cstr. עֲבִידַת Ezr 4:24 +;— work, of building temple, Ezr 4:24; 5:8; 6:7; = administration Dn 2:49; 3:12. ritual, service, of God Ezr 6:18.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (2); the administration (1); the service (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 4:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.24/#tree)

בֵּאדַ֗יִן בְּטֵלַת֙ עֲבִידַ֣ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֔א דִּ֖י בִּירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וַהֲוָת֙ בָּֽטְלָ֔א עַ֚ד שְׁנַ֣ת תַּרְתֵּ֔ין לְמַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃פ

*Word for word:* then it.ceased the.work of.the.house of.(the) God which \[is\].in Jerusalem and it.was ceasing until year two of the.reign of.Darius the.king of.Persia

*JPS 1917:* Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

[Ezra 6:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.7/#tree)

שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* leave! (et).the work of.the.house of.(the) God this the.governor of the.Jews and.(to) the elders of the.Jews the.house of.(the) God this let.them.build on place its

*JPS 1917:* let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b2_5d1_5b4_5d9_5d3_5b8_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).