אבד

See also: א־ב־ד

Aramaic

Verb

אֲבַד • (avad)

(intransitive) (peal construction)
  1. be lost.

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

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד

Etymology 1

Compare Moabite אבד ('-b-d, to perish), Aramaic אֲבַד ('avad), Classical Syriac אֱבַד ('evad, he perished), Ugaritic 'bd ('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
    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!" - Numbers 17:12
  4. be beyond recognition
  5. to be given up

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

אִבֵּד • (ibéd) (pi'el construction)

(transitive)
  1. Defective form of איבד.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

אָבֵד (avéd)

  1. perishable, irretrievable

See also

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