a.vad denotes bringing people or a dominion to destruction, and also describes beings that perish or are destroyed.

The attested use most often concerns causing the destruction of the wise men of Babylon or the removal and destruction of a dominion. It also occurs for a beast whose body is destroyed and for gods that shall perish from the earth.

1. Causing persons or rule to be destroyed · dominant

   The Hiphil forms occur in commands or intended outcomes against the wise men of Babylon: in Daniel 2:12 the APB renders the king's command “to destroy all the wise men of Babylon,” and in Daniel 2:18 Daniel and his companions seek mercy so that they “might not be destroyed.” In Daniel 2:24 Daniel tells Arioch, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon,” while Daniel 7:26 places destruction after the removal of a dominion.

   Daniel 2:12Daniel 2:18Daniel 2:24Daniel 7:26
2. Being destroyed after judgment · occasional

   In Daniel 7:11, the Hophal perfect describes the beast after it is killed: the APB renders that “its body was destroyed” and then given to burning fire. The clause presents destruction as something done to the beast rather than as a command directed at others.

   Daniel 7:11
3. Perishing from the earth · rare

   In Jeremiah 10:11, the Qal imperfect is spoken of gods that did not make heaven and earth; the APB renders that they “shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”

   Jeremiah 10:11

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB presents the Hiphil contexts with “destroyed” or “destroy,” including commands and threatened outcomes. It renders the Qal context in Jeremiah 10:11 as “shall perish”; these are verse-level paraphrase renderings rather than word-aligned equivalents.