עבה I, f. of כב.
עבה II, v. עבי.
עבוד, Bekh. VI, 6 (40a) Ms. M., v. אכוז.
עבוד, v. עיבוד.
עבודה f. (b. h. עבדה; עבד) work, labor, service, attend- ance, esp. I) (in agric.) space reguired for attending to a plant. Kil. VI, 1, a. e. עבודתו את לו נותנין (עע כדי) we must allow it (the vine) its space (within which no other seed should be planted). Ib. הגפן עבודת היא וכמה and how large is the space for the vine? B. Bath. 83a כדי הכרם עבודת ar much space as is required for attending to the vvineyard. Tosef. Kil. II, 7 אחר בירק ירק עבודת the space to be left between one vegetable and another; a. fr. - 2) service, agricultural mplements, working cattle &c. Gen. R. s. 42 (ref. to אכלם, Gen. XIV, 11) ע׳ זו this means their agricultural service. - 3) manual labor; serv- itude, service. Men. 109b, v. שירות. R. Hash. 11a ברה וכ׳ מאבותינו ע׳ בטלה on the New Year's Day (prior to going out ofEgypt) our ancestors in Egypt were freed from serv- itude; a. e. -) divine sermmice, priest's service; wworship. Y. Kidd. I, 59a top הע׳ מן וייפסל and he (the priest) will be made unfit for service. Tosef. Shek. III, 26; Hull. 24a לע׳ ושלשים ללמוד כה twenty-five years is the age for apprenticeship, and thirty years for practical service. Ib. בכתם הע׳ the service of carrying the Tabernacle on the shoulder. Men. l. c. ע׳ סדר אלמדך I will teach thee the order of the priestly service. Yoma 32a לע׳ מע׳ המשנה he who goes from one function of the Temple serv- ice to another. Ib. וכ׳ בבגדי היום עבודת the special service of the Day of Atonement is performed in white garments. Ib. 39b היא ע׳ לאו הגרלה casting lots is no special function. Ib. III, 3 וכ׳ לע׳ לעדה נכנס אדם אין no one must enter the Temple court for worship, unless &c. Snh. VII, 6 (60d) עבודתו היא זו (not עבודתה) this is the form of worshipping that deity; a. fr. -- Trnsf. the emmolu- ments of the offciating pried. B. Kam. 109b, sq. עבודתה וכ׳ ועורה (not עבודתו) the gifts for officiating at its offer- ing and its hide belong to &c. --In gen. divine worship, prayer. Ab. I, 2. Taan. 2a (ref. to Deut. XI, 13) היא אאיזו תפלה זו . . . שבלב ע׳ what is meant by the service of the heart? Prayer. Arakh. 11a (ref. to Deut. XXVIII, 47) ידה וה . ע׳ היא איוו what is the service in joy and cheerfulness of the heart It is song. Ib. (ref. to Num. IV, 47) וכ׳ ע׳ שצריכה ע׳ היא איזו what service is that which requires (accompanies) sacrificial service ? It is song; a. fr. -- ׳yה by the worshipl, for by God V Yeb. 32b. Sifra K'dosh., Par. 2, ch. IV; a. fr. - Esp. .bodah, the first of the lastt three sections of the Prayer of Benedie- tions (תפלה), containing the prayer for the restoration of the lTemple service. Ber. 29b לע׳ חוזי בע׳ . . טעה if he failed to insert the prayer for the New Moon Day in the 'aAbodah, he must begin the .AA. anew; בהודאה נזכר לע׳ חור if he recalls the omission while reading the Hodaah (the second of the last three sections), he must begin &c. Y. ib. IV, 8a bot. בע׳ אומרה לבא שהוא דבר כל whatever prayer refers to the future is inserted in the A. - Meg. 18a ע׳ באת תפלה שבאת כיון when you speak of prayer (praying that your prayer be acceptable), comes the prayer for the restoration of the Temple service. Ib. וכ׳ חדא והודאה ע׳ eb. and Hodaah are one thing (belong together); a. fr. -- 5) זרה ע׳ (abbrev. ע'ז) idolatry, mostly used for idol, heathen deity, interch. in editions with אלילים עבודת (abbrev. עא) and ומזלות כוכבים ועבודת (abbrev. עכום, עכומז). B. Bath. 110a לע'א כהן תעשה thou (Jonathan, grandson of Moses) to be a priest of idolatry?; וכ׳ לע עצמו אדם ישכיר. . מקובלני כך I have a tradition from my grandfather, a man should rather hire himself out for 'strange service, than be dependent on man; לו שזרה ע׳ אלא.. . ממש לעז סבר הוא he tthought it meant real strange service (idolatry), but it means 'for labor strange to him (beneath his station). Snh. V, 1 (40a) העובד וכ׳ עבד מי את עכום (Mish. ed. וכ׳ כווכבים העובד) in the case of one accused of idolatry, (the witnesses are asked)) whom (what special deity) did he worship? and in what manner did he worship? Ab. Zar. 11b ע'א בתי idolatrous temples (and fairs connected therewith); a. v. fr. -A bor- doh Zarah, name of a treatise of the Mishnah, Tosefta, Talmud Babli a. Y'rushalmii, of the Order of N'zikin. - Pl. עבודות. Sifra Sh'mini, Milluim שבעה למדו קלה בשעה וכ׳ ע׳ in a short moment they iearned seven sacrificial functions; the slaughtering &c. Yoma 47b מע׳ היא זו וכ׳ קשות this is one of the difficult services (manipula- tions) in sacrificial rites. Ib. 32a וכ׳ הן ע׳ וחמש and there were five rites (on the Day of Atonement); the daily morning sacrifice &c.; a. fr.
עבוז, v. אבוז, a. אכוז.
עבוט m. (b. h.; עבט; cmp. כבת s. v. עבות) [fastening; cmp. זקה,] 1) pledge, security. B. Mets. 114b (expl. Deut. XXIV, 12) אצלך ועבוטו תשכב לא thou must not go to bed with his pledge with thee. -- 2) ~ עביט saddle, saddle-bag. [Tosef. Maasr. III, 13, v. עביט.]- Pl. עבוטות saddle cushions, rugs &c., baggage. Tanh. Emor, ed. Bub. 26, note 188 וכ׳ טפיטוס לו נתן 'ע לי ותן א״ל זהב לי שאין יודע אתה thou knowest that I have no gold. Said he to him, then give me the baggage, and he gave him a rug and other gar- ments that he had robbed him of; ib. שנטלת ע׳ אותן לי תן ממני give me that baggage which thou hast taken from me; מקצת ע׳ ואותן זהב אותו לו נתן he gave him that gold (of which he had robbed him) and the baggage, but only a part thereof; Tanh. Emor 18 עביטות.
עבוף m. (עבף, cmp. עבב) densely covered, thick with leaves. Targ. O. Deut. XII, 2 (not ענוף); Targ. Jer. III, 13 (h. text רענן); a. fr.
עבופיא f. (preced.) thick foliage. Targ. Job XV, 32 (h. text רעננה).
עבור, עבורא, v. sut עיב׳.
עבור (b. h.; עבר), בע׳ for the sake of. Taan. 20a נקדרה בעבורו חמה the sun was made to break forth for his sake. Ib. בעבורן for their sake; a. fr. -- [Pesik. Hahod., p. 45a sq. בעבורה הרגיש, read. בעבירה.]
