Numbers 21:30:2Num.21.30.W2TAB
אָבַ֥ד
avad
“perished”
- Transliteration
- a-VAD
- Extended
- aa-VAD
- IPA
- /ʔaˈvad/
Meaning by language
- English
- perished
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-VAD
- phraseyour reading level
a-VAD khesh-BON
- clause
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von
- sentence
va-ni-RAM a-VAD khesh-BON ad-DEE-von va-na-SHIM ad-NO-fakh a-SHER ad-MEID-va
Exegesis
The verse unfolds as a sequence of vav-consecutive actions with vanīrām {וַנִּירָ֛ם | va-nî-rām} ‘and we overthrew them’ followed by the perfect ’āvaḏ {אָבַד | ’ā-vaḏ} ‘has perished’ to report the result on Ḥešḇōn.
Root and etymology
’-b-daleph–bet–dalet
“to perish, be lost”
In context — Numbers 21:30
And we overthrew them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we laid waste as far as Nophah; and fire spread as far as Medeba.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 21:30, so the Hebrew word אָבַ֥ד (avad) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.21.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.30.W2.S1) and character.