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title: אֹבֵד — destruction · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹבֵד (8), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: destruction. BDB 1906: destruction. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹבֵד

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«אֹבֵד» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 8 · **BDB:** אֹבֵד

### Glosses

destruction (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

destruction [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] destruction, עֲדֵי א׳ Nu 24:20, 24 (JE; on form with abstract sense v. BaNB 149).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֹבֵד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 24:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.24/)

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וְצִים֙ מִיַּ֣ד כִּתִּ֔ים וְעִנּ֥וּ אַשּׁ֖וּר וְעִנּוּ־עֵ֑בֶר וְגַם־ה֖וּא עֲדֵ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and ships \[will be\].from.the.side of.Kittim and they.will.afflict Asshur and they.will.afflict Eber and also he \[will.be\].to destruction

*JPS 1917:* But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall come to destruction.

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[Numbers 24:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.20/)

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וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֔ק וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר רֵאשִׁ֤ית גּוֹיִם֙ עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ עֲדֵ֥י אֹבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.saw (et) Amalek and he.lifted.up oracle his and he.said \[was.the\].first of.\[the\].nations Amalek and end its \[will.be\].to destruction

*JPS 1917:* And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said: Amalek was the first of the nations; but his end shall come to destruction.

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