אֲבֵידָה, אֲבֵדָה f. (b. h. אֲבֵדה; אבד) 1) lost or missed object. שומר א׳ the keeper of a lost object waiting for its owner to claim it B. Mets. 29ᵃ; a. fr.—בעל א׳ the owner of the lost thing. Kidd. 2ᵇ בעל א׳ מחזיר וכ׳ the owner hunts for what he has lost, i.e. man woos woman (allud. to Gen. II, 21); a. fr.—M. Kat. 25ᵇ בכו לאובדים ולא לא׳ Ms. M. (ed. בכו לאבילים) weep for the losers, but not for the lost (deceased). —2) loss, decrease. אֲבֵידַת נפש decrease of physical strength. Yoma 74ᵇ.—(Y. ib. VIII, 44ᵈ top אב בית read אבידת).
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אֲבֵידָה , אֲבֵדָה f. (b. h. אֲבֵדה ; אבד ) 1) lost or missed object . שומר א׳ the keeper of a lost object waiting for its owner to claim it B. Mets.…
References
- Jastrow, אֲבֵדָה 1
- Bava Metzia 29a:2
- Kiddushin 2b:13
- Genesis 2:21
- Moed Katan 25b:12
- Yoma 74b