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Genesis 29:20

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5647 served ויעבד

H3290 And Jacob יעקב

H7354 for Rachel ברחל

H7651 seven שׁבע

H8141 years שׁנים

H1961 and they seemed ויהיו

H5869 בעיניו

H3117 days כימים

H259 unto him but a few אחדים

H157 באהבתו

H853 אתה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

H3290 Jacob

H5647 served

H7651 seven

H8141 years

for

H7354 Rachel

and

they

H1961 seemed

unto

him

but

H259 few

H3117 days

for

the

H160 love

had

her

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5647

Hebrew: עָבַד

Transliteration: ʻâbad

Pronunciation: aw-bad'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) {be} keep in {bondage} be {bondmen} {bond-service} {compel} {do} {dress} {ear} {execute} + {husbandman} {keep} labour (-ing {man}) bring to {pass} (cause {to} make to) serve ({-ing} {self}) ({be} become) servant ({-s}) do (use) {service} till ({-er}) transgress [from {margin]} (set a) {work} be {wrought} worshipper.

Definition:

to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc.

1. to work, serve

a. (Qal)

1. to labour, work, do work

2. to work for another, serve another by labour

3. to serve as subjects

4. to serve (God)

5. to serve (with Levitical service)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)

2. to make oneself a servant

c. (Pual) to be worked

d. (Hiphil)

1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve

2. to cause to serve as subjects

e. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906