לְ/אוֹבֵ֑ד
𐤋/𐤀𐤅𐤁𐤃
leoved
to him who is perishing
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.
Proverbs 31:6 · Word #3
Lexicon H6
| Lemma | אָבַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤁𐤃 |
| Transliteration | ʼâbad |
| Strong's | H6 |
| In-context | to him who is perishing |
Morphology HR/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H5654-01
to a perishing man
| Root | אבד (ʾ-b-d) |
| Core Meanings | to wander away, be lost, perish, be destroyed, vanish |
| Semantic Range | to perish, be lost, wander away, be destroyed, come to ruin, vanish, fail |
| Conceptual Significance | אָבַד expresses the state of being lost or ruined, often in contrast to divine preservation or salvation. It carries theological weight in contexts of judgment, exile, and the fate of the wicked versus the redeemed. |
| Morphological Notes | Preposition לְ + Qal active participle masculine singular absolute of אָבַד. The participle functions substantivally ("perishing one"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The form לְאוֹבֵד consists of the preposition לְ ("to/for") prefixed to the Qal active participle masculine singular of אָבַד ("perishing"). Rendering it "to a perishing man" preserves the root sense of perishing or being lost and reflects the masculine singular participial form indicated in the morphology. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root אבד (to wander away, be lost, perish, be destroyed, vanish)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H6-01 |
abed | he has caused to perish |
H6-03 |
avad | he has wandered-away |
H6-04 |
avad | he has wandered-away and perished |
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 |