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Hebrew
Etymology
From the root א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d, forming words pertaining to loss) + ־ון (-on, a suffix marking places).
Pronunciation
Noun
אֲבַדּוֹן • (avadón) m (no plural forms, no construct forms)
- oblivion, destruction, devastation, ruin, doom, damnation
Tanach, Job 31:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:כִּי אֵשׁ הִיא עַד־אֲבַדּוֹן תֹּאכֵל וּבְכׇל־תְּבוּאָתִי תְשָׁרֵשׁ׃- kî ʾēš hîʾ ʿaḏ-ʾăḇaddôn tōḵēl ûḇəḵol-təḇûʾāṯî təšārēš
- For it is a fire that consumeth unto destruction, and would root out all mine increase.
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