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אָבַד verb perish (Mesha-Inscription
אבד, Assyrian
abâtu Dl
W 184 Aramaic
H7 אֲבַד,
dfbA). —
Qal Perfect א׳ Numbers 21:30 +;
אָֽבְדוּ Psalm 10:16 + (+
Ezekiel 6:3 
Co) etc.;
Imperfect יאֹבַד Job 3:3;
Jeremiah 4:9;
יאֹבֵ֑דּ Job 20:7 +
2 times;
3rd person feminine singular תּאֹבַד Deuteronomy 22:3 +
4 times;
תּאֹבֵ֑ד Job 8:13 +
3 times;
יאֹבְדוּ Judges 5:31 +
3 times;
יאֹבֵ֑דוּ Job 4:9 +;
3rd person feminine plural וַתּאֹבַדְנָה 1 Samuel 9:3;
תּאֹבֵדוּן Deuteronomy 4:26 +;
נאֹבֵ֑ד Jonah 1:6;
Jonah 3:9;
נאֹבְדָה Jonah 1:14, etc.;
Infinitive absolute אָבדֹ Deuteronomy 4:26 +
2 times; construct
אֲבדֹ Deuteronomy 7:20;
Proverbs 11:10;
אֲבָדְךָ Deuteronomy 28:20;
אָבְדֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 28:22;
אֲבָדְכֶם Joshua 23:13;
אָבְדָם Obadiah 12;
Proverbs 28:28;
Participle אוֺבֵד Deuteronomy 26:5 + 7:t.; construct
אֹבַד Deuteronomy 32:28 (before
ע ? see Di. Bö
§ 378); etc.
1. perish, die, of individuals (mostly late) Numbers 17:27 (||
נוע & (see Numbers 17:28)
מות, (also
Deuteronomy 26:5 ? compare below)
Jonah 1:6,
14;
Job 31:19; compare
Job 29:13;
Proverbs 31:6;
Esther 4:14,
16 (twice in verse);
Micah 4:9;
Jeremiah 40:15 compare
Isaiah 57:1;
Proverbs 11:10;
Proverbs 28:28;
Ecclesiastes 7:15;
Psalm 119:92; emphasis on mortality
Job 4:20;
Psalm 146:4;
Ecclesiastes 9:6; Saul & Jonathan, under figure of weapons
2 Samuel 1:27; lion
Job 4:11; caravan
Job 6:18 (compare Di); compare
מִן־הָאָרֶץ חָסִיד א׳ Micah 7:2,
מֶלֶח מֵעַזָּה וא׳ Zechariah 9:5;
perish, be exterminated (judgment for sin), of Israel
Leviticus 26:38;
Deuteronomy 8:19 (twice in verse);
Deuteronomy 8:20;
Deuteronomy 28:20; Deuteronomy 20:22;
Deuteronomy 30:18 (twice in verse);
Jeremiah 27:10,
15; compare
Jeremiah 6:21;
Obadiah 12; compare
Psalm 80:17;
Isaiah 27:13; other nations
Deuteronomy 7:20;
Jeremiah 10:15;
Jeremiah 51:18;
Psalm 2:12;
Psalm 10:16;
Psalm 83:18; compare
Psalm 9:4;
Amos 1:8;
Isaiah 41:11;
Isaiah 60:12 compare
Jonah 3:9 see also
Exodus 10:7;
Numbers 21:29,
30 (JE)
Jeremiah 48:46; house of Ahab
2 Kings 9:8; wicked in general
Judges 5:31;
Job 4:9 compare
Job 4:7,
Psalm 37:20;
Psalm 49:11;
Psalm 68:3 (|| simile of melting wax),
Psalm 73:27;
Psalm 92:10; also
Proverbs 19:9;
Proverbs 21:18;
לָנֶצַח א׳ Job 20:7; compare
דֶּרֶח רְשָׁעִים א׳ Psalm 1:6; followed by
מֵעַל הָאָ֑רֶץ (of annihilation of Israel)
Deuteronomy 4:26 (twice in verse);
Deuteronomy 11:17;
Joshua 23:13,
16 (D); followed by
מִתּוֺח הַקָּהָל (of Korah's company)
Numbers 16:33 (JE);
perish, be ruined, destroyed, of inanimate things, e.g. land
Jeremiah 9:11 (||
נִצְּתָה כַמִּדְבָּר compare
Jeremiah 48:8; harvest
Joel 1:11; Jonah's gourd
Jonah 4:10; riches
Jeremiah 48:36;
Ecclesiastes 5:13; vessel
Psalm 31:13; houses
Amos 3:15 (so often Assyrian Dl
w); city
Ezekiel 26:17 (but strike out

Co); compare bamôth
Ezekiel 6:3 
Co; heavens & earth
Psalm 102:27.
Pi. causative of Qal. —
Perfect אִבַּד 2 Kings 21:3 +
2 times; suffix
וְאִבֶּדְךָ Co
Ezekiel 28:16 compare below;
אִבַּדְתִּי Jeremiah 15:7;
וְאִבַּדְתִּ֫י Ezekiel 6:3 (

Co
וְאָֽבְּדוּ) etc.;
Imperfect יְאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 9:18;
וִיאַבֵּד Ecclesiastes 7:7;
Zephaniah 2:13;
1st person singular suffix
וָאַבֶּדְךָ Ezekiel 28:16 (for
וָאֲאַבּ׳ Ew
§ 72 c Ol
§ 79 a Kö I:338 Ges
§ 68 fin; but Co
3rd person masculine singular; see also Co
Ezekiel 38:14);
תְּאַבְּדוּן Deuteronomy 12:2 etc.;
Infinitive absolute אַבֵּד Deuteronomy 12:2 +
3 times;
construct id. Ezekiel 22:27 + etc.;
Participle מְאַבְּדִים Jeremiah 23:1.
Hiph. Perfect וְהֶאֱבִּיד Numbers 24:19;
הֶאֱבַ֑דְתָּ Job 14:19 etc.;
Imperfect אֹבִידָה Jeremiah 46:8 (Ges
§ 68, 2 R. 1).
Infinitive construct הַאֲבִיד 2 Kings 10:19 + etc.;
Participle מַאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 8:20.
1. destroy, put to death, in judgment, (subject
י׳) object person
Leviticus 23:30 (followed by
מִקֶּרֶב עַמָּהּ; ||
כָּרַת Leviticus 23:29);
Jeremiah 49:38 (followed by
מִשָּׁם);
Obadiah 8 (followed by
מֵאֱדוֺם); object nation, Ammon
Ezekiel 25:7 (followed by
מן־הארצות; ||
כָּרַת), compare
Ezekiel 25:16; Canaanites
Deuteronomy 8:20 (followed by
סִפְּנֵיכֶם); Canaan = Philistines
Zephaniah 2:5 (||
כָּרַת); especially Israel
Deuteronomy 28:51,
63 (||
הִשְׁמִיד), compare
Joshua 7:7; also absolute
Jeremiah 18:7 (||
לִנְתוֺשׁ וְלִנְתוֺץ); =
Jeremiah 1:10 (+
וְלַהֲרוֺס) =
Jeremiah 31:28 (+
וּלְהָרֵעַ); animals
Ezekiel 32:13 (followed by
מֵעַל מַיִם רַבִּים); compare
Deuteronomy 7:10;
Psalm 143:12 (||
הִצְמִית); (human subject), object servants of Baal
2 Kings 10:19, object nation
Deuteronomy 9:3, compare
Numbers 24:19 (E; followed by
מֵעִיר);
2 Kings 24:2; compare
Jeremiah 46:8; object inanimate, chariots
Micah 5:9; idols
Ezekiel 30:13 (strike out B Co).
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