יַעֲבֹ֣ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יַעֲבֹ֣ד

   ya-a-VOD

   he makes serve or he works
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם

   ya-a-VOD khin-NAM

   he makes serve or he works for nothing
3. clause🔊 בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לֹ֥א יִתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

   be-re-E-hu ya-a-VOD khin-NAM u-fo-a-LO LO yit-TEN-LO

   by his neighbor he makes serve or he works for nothing and his wages or his work-pay not he gives to him
4. sentence🔊 ה֣וֹי בֹּנֶ֤ה בֵיתוֹ֙ בְּֽלֹא־צֶ֔דֶק וַעֲלִיּוֹתָ֖יו בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּ֑ט בְּרֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יַעֲבֹ֣ד חִנָּ֔ם וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לֹ֥א יִתֶּן־לֽוֹ׃

   HOY bo-NE be-TO be-LO-TSDEK va-a-li-yo-TAV be-LO mish-PAT be-re-E-hu ya-a-VOD khin-NAM u-fo-a-LO LO yit-TEN-LO

   woe building his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice or judgment by his neighbor he makes serve or he works for nothing and his wages or his work-pay not he gives to him

Exegesis

The imperfect verb yaʿavod {יַעֲבֹד | ya-ʿǎ-ḇōḏ} ‘he makes serve’ introduces the action of exploitation, intensified by the adverb khinnam ‘for nothing.’

Root and etymology

ע־ב־ד🔊 ayin–bet–dalet

“serve”