אבדה

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d)

Alternative forms

• אבידה

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

אֲבֵדָה • (avedá) f (plural indefinite אֲבֵדוֹת, singular construct אֲבֵדַת־) [pattern: קְטֵלָה]

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

References

• H10 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible