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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | cbd. |
| DEFINITION: | Central Semitic, to serve, work; noun *cabd-, servant, slave. 1. Obadiah, from Hebrew c bady h, servant of Yahweh, from cbad, alternate form of cebed, servant, slave. 2. Abednego, from Hebrew c b d-n gô, probably alteration of cbd-nbô, servant of Nabu, from cbd, alternate form of cebed, servant (nbô, Nabu, from Akkadian nabû). |
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