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ˀbdn, ˀbdnˀ (ˀaḇdan, ˀaḇdōn; ˀaḇdānā, ˀuḇdānā) n.m. destruction, ruin
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destruction, ruin
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
11QtgJob 18.5=31:12 ↗ text not cited ; GenApoc 12.17↗ קדישא רבא די פלטנא מן אבדנא‏ : the great holy one who saved us from destruction ; TgJ Jer12:17↗ טִלטוּל דְאַבדַן‏ : ruinous elimination ; TN Num24:20↗ וסופיהון לאבדן‏ : their end result is destruction ; Marqe 1.638↗ קריב הוא אבדנך‏ : your ruin is near ; Didasc 209:6 ܐܘܒܕܢܗ ܕܥܡܐ‏ ; P Mk14:4↗ ܐܲܒ݂ܕ̇ܵܢܵܐ ܕ݁ܗܵܢܵܐ ܒܸ݁ܣܡܵܐ‏ ; ITh5:3↗ ܢܩܘ݂ܡ ܥܠܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ ܐܲܒ݂ܕ̇ܵܢܵܐ‏ ; TgPs92:12↗ ואיסתכלת עייני בהובדנא דמעיקי‏ : my eye has witness the destruction of my oppressors ; TgEsth2 8:6(0)↗ מטול דהיך אנא יכלא למיחמי ית בישתא דאיתרעית ית עמי ואיך איכול ואיחזי באבדנא דתולדותי‏ : how should I be able to see the destruction of my descendants
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damage, waste
Syr
OS MtSin26:8↗ ܚܙܘ ܕܝܢ ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ ܘܐܡܪܘ ܠܡܢܐ ܐܒܕܢܐ ܗܢܐ‏ : when his disciples saw (it) they said: 'why this waste?'
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dead foliage (?)
LJLA
TgJob18:16↗ ומן שמיא יתגזר אובדניה‏
2
loss, being lost
Syr
AphDiatess1990 124:8↗ ܘܐܝܟܢ ܬܫܬܡܥ ܕܐܒܕܢܐ ܘܫܟܚܬܐ ܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ ܐܬܐܡܪ‏ : and how do you imagine that 'being lost' and 'being found' can be said about a single person?
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place of destruction (i.e. Hell), Abaddon
Syr, LJLA
LSt.138:10↗ ܐܪܦܐ ܡܟܝܠ ܠܠܒܘܫ̈ܝܢ܂ ܘܙܠ ܠܐܒܕܢܗ ܕܐܟ݁ܠܩܪܨܐ‏ : now drop our clothing and go to the Hell of the slanderers ; P Job28:22↗ ܐܒܕܢܐ ܘܡܘܬܐ‏ ; TgProv27::20 var.↗ שיול וגהינם"ואבדנא" לא שׂבען‏ : Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied
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בית אבדנא, bit (bdunia: Hell, Sheol
JLAtg, Man
TgJ Is38:18↗ לָא מְסַבְרִין נָחְתֵי גוּב בֵית אַבדָנָא לְפֻרקָנָך‏ : those who go down to the pit of Hell do not hope for Your salvation ; GS 136:15 ↗ ˁl baba ḏbit bdunia kursia lˁluana rmia : at the gate of hell a throne is set for Iluana (the spirit of death)
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pl.: the utter depths of the earth
Man
MandAmulet 16:a18 ↗ ramilak bˁbdunia ttaiiẖ : he will cast you into the lower Abbadons
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LJLA, Qum. also: אבדון < BH אְָבַדּוֹן ; Tg.Prov. uniquely: יובדון ; Mand. apparently distinguishes between the native audana "desolate place" and the pl.t. loan ˀbdunia "abaddons".
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Abaddon is known in English through its use in Christian Scripture at Rev. 9:11, where it is the name of the ruler of the netherworld. In Jewish tradition it is a name for one of the realms of the underworld.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 2[2]DJPA: 32bJastrow: 3Drower/Macuch: 3bJ. Payne-Smith: 2Levy Ch-W: 1:4Tal Sam: 3bDCPA[Schulthess]: [1]Qumran: 1

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