אבדה

Hebrew

Root
א־ב־ד‎ (ʾ-b-d)

Alternative forms

  • אבידה‎

Pronunciation

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
  1. a perishing, destruction

References

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