עֲבַד ʻăbad — to do, make, prepare, keep, etc
Translated in the KJV as × cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H5647; to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
ʻăbad in each stem
Pe'al
Perfect (qatal) 9Participle (active) 6Infinitive construct 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
Hithpe'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 6Participle (passive) 2Participle (active) 1
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›