(by which to unfit it for the altar). Ab. Zar. 46b יש
גבוה אצל במחובר נ׳ does the law forbidding the use
in divine worship of objects which have been used for
idolatrous purposes include things fixed in the ground ?
Ib. בנ׳ שינוי יש does change of form restore to legitimate
use objects otherwise forbidden on account of their
use in connection with idolatry? a. fr.
Nithpa. נתעבד same, v. supra.
Hif. העביד to enslave, oppress. Yalk. Ex. 162 העבידו
וכ׳ בכל he (Esau) oppressed him with all sorts of troubles.
Pi. עיבד to prepare, esp. to dress hides. Sabb. VII, 2
(among the labors forbidden on the Sabbath) והמעבד
עורו את dressing the hide of the deer (to fit it for parch-
ment). Ib. 75b מעבד משום חייב is guilty of a Sabbath
offence coming under the category of tanning. Gitt. 54b
לשמן עיבדתין לא .. גוילין I did not prepare the parchment
sheets with the proper intention; a. fr.
עבד I, עביד ch. same (corresp. to h. עשה) 1) to do, labor; to make; to act. Targ. Gen. I, 7. Ib. XXXI, 26; a. v. fr. -- Ber. 60b לטב רחמנא דעביד כל . . . לעולם Ms. M. (ed. עביד לטב; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) man should train himself always to say, Whatever the Merciful One does, is for good; Yalk. Job 893 עביד לטב. . כל. Tem. 4b מהני עביד אי, v. הני. Yeb. 37a וכ׳ תקנתא רבנן עבוד מי (not עביד) have the Rabbis adopted special measures for priests &c.? Ib. כרבנן עבדינן we act (decide) in accord- ance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Keth. 60b עבדי לא וכ׳ דחנקן נשי women will not do such a thing as strang- ling their children. Kidd. 50a וכ׳ דמשוי אינש ע׳ לא a man will not declare himself a wrongdoer; a. v. fr. -- 2) to do, fare, prosper. Lev. R. s. 5, end עביד את מה how art thou ?; עבידא ארעא ומה and how does the field fare?; תורין מה עבדין how are the oxen ? Ib. טב לב ע׳ he assmmes cheer- fulness. Gen. R. s. 13 ארעא עבדת . שיחתן כל all the talk of people turns on the land (material prosperity)נ the land is doing well' (crops promise to be good); the land is not doing well'; a. fr. -- 3) to spend time. Y, Shebi. VIII, 38b top וכ׳ במערתא טמיר עביד he remained hidden in a cave &c.; ib. IX, 38d. Y. Shek. V, 48d top עבדת וכ׳ טמירא she (the ass) remained hidden with them &c.; Gen. R. s. 60 גבוון עבדת; a. fr. -- Part. pass. עביד; f. עבידא made, liable to, likely, used to. Y. Peah III, 17d bot. ע׳ היך how did it happen (i. e. in what case would it make a. practical difference for the slave)? R. Hash. 22b, a. e. לאיגלויי דע׳ מילתא, v. גלי. Shebu. 46a, v. גזם; a. fr. Aff. אעביד, rPa. עביד 1) to make, produce. Targ. O. Ex. XXXII, 10 אעביד ed. Berl. (oth. אעביד; Y. אעבד). Ib. XXX, 37; a. fr. --Lev. R. s. 2a, end, v. infra. -- 2) to cause to prosper. Gen. R. s. 13 ארעא תעביד מרי . . . תפלתן כל וכ׳ all the prayers of men turn on the earth (mundane affairs); Lord, make the land (crop) thrive, make the land prosper; a. e. - 3) to work through. Part..pass. מעבד, מנבדא. B. Mets. 116b דמע׳ טינא thoroughly kneaded clay. thpe. איתעביד, איעביד to be done; to be made, become. Targ. Gen. XXIX, 26. Targ. Koh. VIII, 4. Targ. Ps. LXII, 4; a. fr. -- Lam. R. to II, 2 וכ׳ לאיעבדא בעית (not לאיבדא, לעיבדא) dost thou want to be made a senator? Lev. R. s. 28, end וכ׳ אאתע׳. . דעביד מאן he who made the comes , is now to become a bather &c.; Esth. R. to VI, 10 האי בלן עביד.. מעביד גברא (corr. acc.); a. fr. [Zeb. 75b דאיעבד, read; דאיערוב, v. ערב I.]-- V. דדיעבד.
עבד m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) slave, servant. Kidd. 20a וכ׳ עברי ע׳ הקונה he who buys a Hebrew slave, has, so to say, bought a master over himself. Sabb, 89a יש כלום וכ׳ שנותן ע׳ dare a servant salute his master (first)? Snh. 58b (ref. to Prov. XII, 11) וכ׳ לאדמה כע׳ . . אם if a man. makes himself a slave to the soil, he will be satisfied with bread &c. Kidd. I, 3 וכ׳ נקנה כנעני ע׳ a Canaanite (gentile) slave is acquired by money, by deed &c. Ib. III, 13 . . ממזר ע׳ הולד if a bastard marries a slave, the child is a slave; ממזר ע׳ זה הרי the child is a bastard slave (subject to the disabilities of both). Shebu. 47b כמלך מלך ע׳ a king's officer is like a king (the inferior person is raised by association with a superior); a. v. fr. -- Pl. עבדים. Kidd. 22b (ref. to Lev. XXV, 55) לע׳ ע׳ ולא. לי כי the children of Israel are my servants', but they must not make them- selves servants of servants (of human beings). Ab. I, 3 וכ׳ כע׳ ההיו אל be not like the servants that wait upon their master for the sake of getting their fare (reward), v. פרס; a. fr.
עב, עבד, עביד II, עבדא ch. 1) same. Targ. Gen.IX, 25 (O. ed. Berrl. עבד; ed. Vien. עבד). Ib. 26; a. fr. - Gen. R. s. 86 לתרויהון ע׳... זבין ע׳ a slave (Potiphar) buys, the son of a handmaid (the Ishmaelite) sells, and the free man (Joseph) is the slave of both; Koh. R. to X, 7. Gitt. 13a, a. e. וכ׳ בהפקרא ע׳, v. הפפקרא; a. fr. - [Y. Ber. IV, 7a ע׳ נפק, read; עובדא.]-- Pl. עבדין, עבדיא, עבדי. Targ. Gen. XXIV, 25. Targ. Is. LIV, 17. Targ. Prov. XII, 9; a. fr. - B. Kam. 97a וכ׳ דאינשי ע׳ תקיף הוהused to seize slaves of men against whom he had a claim &c. Kidd. 70a רגיל ע׳ אינשי דקרי he is in the habit of calling people slaves; a. fr. - 2) worshipper. Ned. 62b דנורא ע׳ fire-worshipper (Geber); a.e.
עבדו, v. עבדותא.
עבדות f. (preced. wds.) slavery, servitude; status of a slave. Y. Kidd. I, 59d בעבדותו שהוא עד שש בסוף אחת (not בעבודתו) one declaration at the end of the sixth year, while he is still a slave by law. Pes. X, 5 (in the Passover night service) לחרות מע׳ הוציאנו he led us forth from slavery to freedom; Kidd. 22b. Hor. 10a אתם כמדומין וכ׳ ע׳ . ששררה yoa seem to believe that Iplace a rulership upon you (by appointing you to office), I place serv- itude upon you (ref. to I Kings XII, 7); a. fr.
עבדותא, עבדו ch. same. Targ. O. Ex. XIII, 3; a. fr. -- Gitt. 86a (in a deed of sale) לעבדו מוצדק דנן עבדא this save is lawfully a slave.
עבדן m. (עבד Pi.) hide-dresser, tanner. Kel. XXVI, s ע׳ של (עורות) hides in the tanner's possession (intended for sale to mechanics). Sabb. I, 8; a. e. - Pl. עבדנין. Kel. XV, 1 הע׳ עריבת (ed. Dehr. העובדן) a trough used by tanners.
עבדקן m. (comp. of עב a. דקן; cmp. זלדקן) thick- bearded. Snh. 100b (Mss. F. a. K. דקן עב), v. סכסן.