ʕbd / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ʕbd: Obadiah.

ʕbd

Central Semitic, to serve, work; noun *ʕabd-, servant, slave.

1. Obadiah, from Hebrew ʕōbadyāh, servant of Yahweh, from ʕōbad, alternate form of ʕebed, servant, slave.
2. Abednego, from Hebrew ʕăbēd-nəgô, probably alteration of ʕăbēd-nəbô, servant of Nabu, from ʕăbēd, alternate form of ʕebed, servant (nəbô, Nabu, from Akkadian nabû).

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