אבד

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔəbad/,

Verb

אֲבַד • (avad) (intransitive) (peal construction)

1. be lost, disappear
   • Tanach, Jeremiah 10:11, with translation of the New International Version:

     יֵאבַדוּ מֵאַרְעָא וּמִן־תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא אֵלֶּה׃

     May they disappear from the earth and from beneath this heaven

2. to perish, die

Verb

אבד • (transliteration needed) (paal construction)

1. destroy

Verb

אבד • (transliteration needed) (af'el construction)

1. destroy.
2. (intransitive), be lost, go to ruin.

See also

• אבדא
• אבדון
• אבדן
• אבדנא
• אבידה
• אֲבֵידְתָּא
• איבוד

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• “ˀbd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Moabite אבד ('-b-d, “to perish”), Aramaic אֲבַד ('avad), Classical Syriac אֱבַד ('evad, “he perished”), Ugaritic 'bd (“to perish”)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈvad/
• Homophone: עבד

Verb

אָבַד • (avád) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יֹאבַד, imperative אבוד / אֱבֹד, passive participle אָבוּד, passive counterpart נֶאֱבַד)

1. be pressed
2. go around in despair
3. be lost, perish
   • Tanach, Numbers 17:12:

     וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵאמֹר הֵן גָּוַעְנוּ אָבַדְנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ אָבָֽדְנוּ׃

     And the children of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we are dying! We are perishing! We are all perishing!"

4. be beyond recognition
5. to be given up

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)iˈbed/

Verb

אִבֵּד • (ibéd) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction) (transitive)

1. defective spelling of איבד

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈved/

Adjective

אָבֵד • (avéd)

1. perishable, irretrievable

See also

• אָבוּד (avúd)