אבדה

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד (ʾ-b-d)
12 terms

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
    • Tanach, Exodus 22:9:
      עַל־כָּל־אֲבֵדָה אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר כִּי־הוּא זֶה עַד הָאֱלֹהִים יָבֹא
      For every lost thing, which another claims to be his, they shall come before the judges.
    • HaTikva
      עוד לא אבדה תקותינו \ התקוה בת שנות אלפים
      od lo avdá tikvaténu / hatikvá bat shnót alpáyim
      Our hope is not yet lost / The hope of two thousand years old
  2. a perishing, destruction

References

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