- אבד
- אָבַד(b. h.; √אב, v. אבב) to be pressed, go around in despair (v. Prov. 31:6; Deut. 26:6) to be given up, whence 1) to be lost, perish; to be beyond recognition. Sifré Deut. 301 (ref. to Deut. 26:5) לא ירד … אלא לאובד (read לוֹבֵד or לֶאֱבוֹד; Yalk. Deut. a. l. לאבדם prob. לאַבְרָּן; Ms. Zer. Abr. 3 לֵיאָבֵר) Jacob went to Aram with no hope but to perish (be a slave ). Ohol. XVII, 3 a field שא׳ בו קבר in which there is a grave that cannot be located. Keth. XIII, 7 אָבְדָה דרךוכ׳ the path to his field cannot be traced. Gen. R. s. 91 אבידה א׳ לנו we have lost something; a. fr. 2) to lose. Ib. ואנו שאָבַדְנוּר׳ ס׳ and we who have lost (mourn for) R. S.; a. fr.Part. pass. אָבוּד lost, irretrievable, perishing, decayed. Keth.108a על הא׳ on a contribution to the Temple which has been lost on the road. Y.Shebi.IX, 38d top מאיליהן הן אֲבוּדִין they perish of themselves (they decay naturally); a. fr. Nif. נֶאֱבַד to be lost, perish. Keth.104a; a. fr. Sifré Deut. 301 לֵיאָבֵד, v. supra. Pi. אִיבֵּד 1) to waste, lose, forfeit, destroy. Ned.33b אי׳ את מעותיו he wasted his money, (cannot reclaim it). Keth.XIII, 6 אי׳ את זכותו he forfeited his claim. Ab. Zar.55a אנו נְאַבֵּדוכ׳ shall we give up our honest dealing? Ib. IV, 7 יְאַבֵּד עולמו shall He destroy His world? Ḥag.3a ובקשתם לאַבְּדָהּ ממני and you wanted to deprive me of it? Ib. 4a זה המְאַבֵּדוכ׳ one who destroys what is given to him.א׳ עצמו לדעת to commit suicide wilfully. Gen. R. s. 82; a. fr. 2) to drop from memory, to forget. Aboth V, 12; a. e.
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