עַבְדּוּת

עַבְדּוּתf. (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 1 Kings 12:7); a. fr.