אֲבַד ʼăbad — (Aramaic) corresponding to H6
Translated in the KJV as destroy, perish.
(Aramaic) corresponding to H6.
ʼăbad in each stem
Haph'el
Infinitive construct 3Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
Pe'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
Hoph'al
Perfect (qatal) 1
I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›