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The Hebrew word אַבְדָן (Avdan) is a masculine proper noun that appears in the Hebrew Bible, but it is not a common noun or a word with autonomous meaning like others that come from the root א־ב־ד (to perish, to perish).
From H6; perish:- destruction.
? Biblical usage: אַבְדָן appears in 1 Samuel 6:18 as the name of a place or person, depending on textual interpretation:
"Stuffy snowflake snowflake snowflake snowflakes אֲרוֹן יְהוָה עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה בִּשְׂדֵה יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַבֵּית הַשִּׁמְשִׁי" (in the context of the Philistine cities and the return of the ark).
It could also relate to a character from the Benjaminite genealogy according to some textual versions (although in many manuscripts there are variations).
? Etymology: It derives from the root א־ב־ד (avad) – “to perish”, “to lose”.
If analyzed as a theophoric or symbolic name (as is common in Hebrew), אַבְדָן could mean something like:
“perdition”
or even “my destruction” or “he has perished”, although this is interpretive, as it is not used as a common word.
In summary: אַבְדָן is a proper name that occurs in the Tanaj.
It is not a common noun.
Etymologically, it may be related to the idea of loss or destruction, but it does not have a functional grammatical use like other words derived from אָבַד. |
