אבדה

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Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d)

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Pronunciation

Noun

אֲבֵדָה • (avedá) f (plural indefinite אֲבֵדוֹת, singular construct אֲבֵדַת־)

  1. a loss
    • עַל־כָּל־אֲבֵדָה אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר כִּי־הוּא זֶה עַד הָֽאֱלֹהִים יָבֹא
      For every lost thing, which another claims to be his, they shall come before the judges. - Exodus 22:9
    • HaTikva
      עוד לא אבדה תקותינו \ התקוה בת שנות אלפים
      ‘Od lo avdah tikvatenu / hatikvah bat shenot ʿalpayim
      Our hope is not yet lost / The hope of two thousand years old
  2. a perishing, destruction

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