אבד

אבד

See also: א־ב־ד‎

Aramaic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔəbad/, [ʔăvað]

Verb

אֲבַד • (avad) (intransitive) (peal construction)

1. be lost, disappear
   • 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

• אבדא‎
• אבדון‎
• אבדן‎
• אבדנא‎
• אבידה‎
• אֲבֵידְתָּא‎
• איבוד‎

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–

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Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד‎ (ʾ-b-d)

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈvad/
• Homophone: עבד‎

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
   • 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		to-infinitive: לאבוד / לֶאֱבֹד‎ action noun: — passive participle: אָבוּד‎
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		Pronounced אָבַדְתֶּם‎ and אָבַדְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)iˈbed/

Verb

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

1. Defective form of איבד‎.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈved/

Adjective

אָבֵד • (avéd)

1. perishable, irretrievable

See also

• אָבוּד‎ (avúd)