Lexical Definition

‎עֲבַד‎ ʻăbad (ab-bad') to make ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎עָבַד‎

[idiom] cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.

• to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.

1) to make, do
1a)(P'al)
1a1) to make, create
1a2) to do, perform
1b) (Ithp'al)
1b1) to be made into
1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out

Extended Information

Aramaic of: עָשָׂה

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: עָבַד
‎ע‎ ‎עֲבַד‎ verb make, do (ᵑ7, Syriac, Old Aramaic, Nabataean, Palmyrene, Egyptian Aramaic (S-C^Pap.; compare ‎אַזְדָּא‎); = Biblical Hebrew ‎עָבַד‎, q. v., but in meaning || ‎עשׂה‎); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Dan 3:1 +, 2 masculine singular ‎עֲבַ֑דְתְּ‎ (K^{§ 13, 2}) Dan 4:32* 1 singular ‎עַבְדֵֿת‎ Dan 3:15; Dan 6:23*, 3 masculine plural ‎עֲבַ֫דוּ‎ Ezra 6:13 +; Imperfect 2 masculine plural ‎תַּעְבְּדוּן‎ (Baer K^{§ 38. 1. b}); ‎תַּעַבְדוּן‎ Gi Str) Ezra 6:8; Ezra 7:18 Infinitive ‎מֶעְבַּד‎ (K^{§ 15, a}) 2)) Ezra 4:22; Ezra 7:18 (‎מֶעְבַּ֑ד‎); Participle active ‎עָבֵד‎ Ezra 7:26 +, feminine singular ‎עָֽבְדָא‎ Dan 7:21 masculine plural ‎עָֽבְדִין‎ Ezra 4:15 —

1. make, accusative of thing Dan 3:1; Dan 3:15 and (of creation) Jer 10:11 make a feast Dan 5:1, war Dan 7:21 (‎עם‎ person). ded. of temple Ezra 6:16.

2. do, accusative of deed, Dan 4:32* (of God), Dan 6:23*; Ezra 4:15; Ezra 4:22 do, act, ‎כְּנֵמָא‎, thus, Ezra 6:13, ‎כ‎, according to, Dan 7:18 and (of God) Dan 4:32*, absolute Dan 6:11* accusative +‎ב‎ of thing Ezra 7:18 do something with, +‎עִם‎ person Ezra 6:8 do, perform, accusative of God's law Ezra 7:26, accusative of signs, etc. (subject God) Dan 6:28* and (+‎עִם‎ person) Dan 3:32*. Hithpe`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִתְעֲבֵד‎ Ezra 6:11 +, ‎דִ֑֯‎ Ezra 6:12; Ezra 7:21 2 masculine plural ‎תִּתְעַבְדוּן‎ Dan 2:5 Participle ‎מִתְעֲבֵד‎ Ezra 7:26, ‎בֶדֿ‎- Ezra 4:19, feminine singular ‎עַבְדָא‎- Ezra 5:3 —

1. be made into, with noun predicate, Dan 2:5; Dan 3:29; Ezra 6:11.

2. be done, wrought, Ezra 4:19; Ezra 5:8 (subject ‎עֲבִידְתָּא‎); be performed, executed, of command Ezra 6:12; Ezra 7:21; Ezra 7:23, judgment Ezra 7:26.

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