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title: אֲבֵדָה — a lost thing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבֵדָה (9), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: a lost thing. BDB 1906: n.f. lost thing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבֵדָה

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«אֲבֵדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a lost thing** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 9 · **BDB:** אֲבֵדָה

### Glosses

(the).thing.lost (1); a.thing.lost (1); lost (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a lost thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/9/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. lost thing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/9/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. a lost thing—abs. except Dt 22:3 cstr. אֲבֵדַת—Ex 22:8; with מָצָא Lv 5:22, 23; with אָבַד + מָצָא Dt 22:3;—(אבדה Pr 27:20 Kt cf. אֲבַדּוֹ infr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבֵדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.22/)

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אֽוֹ־מָצָ֧א אֲבֵדָ֛ה וְכִ֥חֶשׁ בָּ֖הּ וְנִשְׁבַּ֣ע עַל־שָׁ֑קֶר עַל־אַחַ֗ת מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה הָאָדָ֖ם לַחֲטֹ֥א בָהֵֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* or he.has.found a.thing.lost and he.will.deny (in) it and he.will.swear.an.oath on falsehood on one of all that he.will.do (the) humankind to sin by them

*JPS 1917:* or have found that which was lost, and deal falsely therein, and swear to a lie; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein;

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[Deuteronomy 22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.3/)

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וְכֵ֧ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה לַחֲמֹר֗וֹ וְכֵ֣ן תַּעֲשֶׂה֮ לְשִׂמְלָתוֹ֒ וְכֵ֣ן תַּעֲשֶׂ֜ה לְכָל־אֲבֵדַ֥ת אָחִ֛יךָ אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאבַ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נּוּ וּמְצָאתָ֑הּ לֹ֥א תוּכַ֖ל לְהִתְעַלֵּֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and thus you.will.do for donkey his and thus you.will.do for clothing his and thus you.will.do for every (the).thing.lost your.countryman your which it.will.be.lost from him and you will.find.it not you.will.be.able to hide.yourself

*JPS 1917:* And so shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his garment; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found; thou mayest not hide thyself.

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