יְאַבֶּד

𐤉𐤀𐤁𐤃

yeabed

squanders

a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.

H6

Proverbs 29:3 · Word #8

Lexicon H6

Lemmaאָבַד
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤁𐤃
Transliterationʼâbad
Strong'sH6
In-contextsquanders

Morphology HVpi3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation i — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H6-63

he causes to perish

Rootאבד (ʾ-ʾ-b-d)
Core Meaningswandering away, perishing, being lost, destruction, ruin
Semantic Rangeto destroy, to bring to ruin, to cause to perish, to wipe out, to eliminate, to render lost
Conceptual SignificanceThis verb often describes divine judgment or decisive acts of destruction, whether by God or human agents. It underscores the seriousness of covenant unfaithfulness and the real consequence of perishing—being cut off, lost, or brought to ruin.
Morphological NotesPiel imperfect (yiqtol) 3rd masculine singular from אָבַד. The Piel stem gives a causative/intensive sense: "to cause to perish, to destroy."
Rendering RationaleThe root אבד conveys the idea of perishing or being lost. In the Piel stem, the verb takes on an intensive or causative force, meaning to cause someone or something to perish or be destroyed. The form is imperfect 3rd masculine singular, so "he causes to perish" accurately reflects both the causative stem and the masculine singular subject.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root אבד (wandering away, perishing, being lost, destruction, ruin)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H6-01 abed he has caused to perish
H6-02 avad he has wandered-away and perished
H6-03 avadah she has wandered away (and perished)
H6-04 avadekhem your perishing
H6-05 avadenu we have wandered away
H5648-01 avadete you (feminine singular) have perished
H11-01 avadon Utter-Perishing
H5648-02 avadu they have wandered away (and perished)
H6-06 avedah she has wandered-away (has perished)
H6-07 avedam their perishing
H6-08 avod I wander away to ruin
H6-09 haavid he caused to perish
H6-10 haavido he has caused him to perish
H6-11 haovedet the perishing woman
H6-12 haovedot the wandering-away ones (feminine plural)
H6-13 heevadeta you caused to perish
H6-14 ibad he made perish
H6-15 ibadeta you have made perish
H6-16 ibadeti I brought to ruin
H6-17 ibedam he caused them to perish
H6-18 leabed to cause to perish
H6-19 leabedam to cause them to perish
H6-20 leabedeni to cause me to perish
H6-21 lehaavidenu to cause us to perish
H6-22 lehaavido to cause him to perish
H7-01 lehovadah to cause to perish
H5654-01 leoved to a perishing one
H6-23 maavid one causing to perish
H6-24 meabedim those causing to perish
H6-25 noved we wander away
H6-26 novedah let us be lost
H6-27 ovad he has perished
H6-28 ovedot wandering-away ones (feminine plural)
H6-29 ovidah Let me cause to perish
H6-30 teabed you will cause to perish
H6-31 teabedem she will make them perish
H6-32 teabedu you will cause to perish
H6-33 teabedun you (masculine plural) shall surely make perish
H6-34 tovad she will be lost-away
H6-35 toved she will perish
H6-36 tovedu you (masculine plural) will wander away and perish
H6-37 tovedun you men will wander away and perish
H6-38 uleabed and to cause to perish
H6-39 uleabedam and to cause them to perish
H6-40 ulehaavid and to cause to perish
H6-41 uvaavod and in perishing-away
H6-42 uveavedam and in their perishing
H6-43 vaabedekha and I caused you to perish
H6-44 vateabed and she made (one) perish / and you (ms) made (one) perish
H6-45 vatovadenah and they wandered away
H6-46 vayeabedem and he caused them to perish
H6-47 vayeabedum and they made them perish
H6-48 vayovedu and they wandered-away
H6-49 veabed and he made perish
H6-50 veavad and he perished
H6-51 veavedah and she perished
H6-52 vehaavadeta and you shall cause to perish
H6-53 vehaavadetam and you shall cause them to perish
H6-54 vehaavadeti and I will cause to perish
H6-55 vehaavadetikhe and I will cause you to perish
H6-56 veheevid and he caused to perish
H7-02 vehuvad and he was caused to perish
H6-57 veibad and he perished
H6-58 veibadetem and you caused to perish
H6-59 veibadeti and I caused-to-perish
H6-60 vetovedu and you all will be lost
H6-61 veyovedu and they will perish
H6-62 viabed and he will cause to perish
H10-01 vvdh and the Perishing-of
H6-64 yovad he will wander away and perish
H6-65 yoved he will wander away to ruin
H6-66 yovedu they will wander away and perish
H6-67 yvdv they will wander away and perish

Word Usage (185 occurrences of H6)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Exodus 10:7 אָבְדָ֖ה avedah is destroyed
Leviticus 23:30 וְ/הַֽאֲבַדְתִּ֛י vehaavadeti and I will destroy
Leviticus 26:38 וַ/אֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם vaavadetem and you shall perish