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title: אַבְדָן — destruction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַבְדָן (12), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: destruction. BDB 1906: destruction. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַבְדָן

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«אַבְדָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **destruction** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 12 · **BDB:** אַבְדָ֑ן

### Glosses

destruction (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/12/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/12/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \& אָבְדַן (cstr.) n.\[m.\] destruction (Syriac ܐܰܒܕܳܢܳܐ ) Est 9:5 (מַכַּת־חֶרֶב וְהֶרֶג וְא׳), 8:6; (on form v. BeRy; Ol§ 215 b.1 BaNB 49, 487).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַבְדָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/12/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 9:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.9.5/)

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וַיַּכּ֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ בְּכָל־אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם מַכַּת־חֶ֥רֶב וְהֶ֖רֶג וְאַבְדָ֑ן וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.struck the Jews (in) all enemies their a.blow of.sword and slaughter and destruction and they.did with \[those who\].hated.them according to their.pleasure

*JPS 1917:* And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.

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