The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Appendix II
Semitic Roots
ENTRY:
cbd.
DEFINITION:
Central Semitic, to serve, work; noun *cabd-, servant, slave. 1. Obadiah, from Hebrew cbadyh, servant of Yahweh, from cbad, alternate form of cebed, servant, slave. 2.Abednego, from Hebrew cbd-ngô, probably alteration of cbd-nbô, servant of Nabu, from cbd, alternate form of cebed, servant (nbô, Nabu, from Akkadian nabû).
bady
h, servant of Yahweh, from c
b
d-n
gô, probably alteration of c
