אבד

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See also: א־ב־ד

Aramaic

Pronunciation

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

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

Root
א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Verb

אָבַד • (avád) (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
Conjugation of אָבַד (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first אָבַדְתִּי אָבַדְנוּ
second אָבַדְתָּ אָבַדְתְּ אֲבַדְתֶּם1 אֲבַדְתֶּן1
third אָבַד אָבְדָה אָבְדוּ
present אוֹבֵד אוֹבֶדֶת אוֹבְדִים אוֹבְדוֹת
future first אובד / אֹבַד נֹאבַד
second תֹּאבַד תֹּאבְדִי תֹּאבְדוּ תֹּאבַדְנָה2
third יֹאבַד תֹּאבַד יֹאבְדוּ תֹּאבַדְנָה2
imperative אבוד / אֱבֹד אִבְדִי אִבְדוּ אבודנה / אֱבֹדְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced אָבַדְתֶּם and אָבַדְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

אִבֵּד • (ibéd) (pi'el construction) (transitive)

  1. defective spelling of איבד

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

אָבֵד • (avéd)

  1. perishable, irretrievable

See also

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