אבדון

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d)

From the root א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d, forming words pertaining to loss) +‎ ־ון (-on, a suffix marking places).

Pronunciation

Noun

אֲבַדּוֹן (avadónm (no plural forms, no construct forms)

  1. 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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