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title: אׇבְדַן — destruction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אׇבְדַן (13), 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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# אׇבְדַן

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«אׇבְדַן» 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:** 13 · **BDB:** אַבְדָ֑ן

### Glosses

the.destruction (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/13/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/13/#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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «אׇבְדַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/13/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.6/)

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כִּ֠י אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) how? will.I.be.able and I.will.look on the evil which it.will.find (et) people my and how? will.I.be.able and I.will.look on the.destruction my.kindred my

*JPS 1917:* for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?'

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