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1 Kings 12:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1 Thy father אביך

H7185 grievous הקשׁה

H853 את

H5923 made our yoke עלנו

H859 therefore make thou ואתה

H6258 now עתה

H7043 us lighter הקל

H5656 מעבדת

H1 of thy father אביך

H7186 הקשׁה

H5923 yoke ומעלו

H3515 and his heavy הכבד

H834 which אשׁר

H5414 he put נתן

H5921 upon עלינו

H5647 and we will serve ונעבדך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Thy

H1 father

made

our

H5923 yoke

H7185 grievous

H6258 now

therefore

make

H859 thou

the

H7185 grievous

H4480 service

thy

H1 father

and

his

H3515 heavy

H5923 yoke

H834 which

H5414 put

H5921 upon

H7043 lighter

and

will

H5647 serve

thee

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