עַבְדּוּת f. (preced. wds.) slavery, servitude; status of a slave. Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵈ אחת בסוף שש עד שהוא בעַבְדּוּתוֹ (not בעבודתו) one declaration at the end of the sixth year, while he is still a slave by law. Pes. X, 5 (in the Passover night service) הוציאנו מע׳ לחרות he led us forth from slavery to freedom; Kidd. 22ᵇ. Hor. 10ᵃ כמדומין אתם ששררה … ע׳ וכ׳ you seem to believe that I place a rulership upon you (by appointing you to office), I place servitude upon you (ref. to I Kings XII, 7); a. fr.
עַבְדּוּת
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עַבְדּוּת f. ( preced. wds.) slavery, servitude; status of a slave . Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵈ אחת בסוף שש עד שהוא בעַבְדּוּתוֹ (not בעבודתו ) one declaration…
References
- Jastrow, עַבְדּוּ 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Kiddushin 1:2:32
- Mishnah Pesachim 10:5
- Kiddushin 22b:6
- Horayot 10a:21
- I Kings 12:7