Arami Oved Avi

(5) ארמי אובד אבי, as if the Torah had written” my father Avraham was an Aramite, lost, wandering from his birthplace Aram.” G’d had told him in Genesis 12,1 “go forth for yourself etc.” The meaning of the word אובד here is similar to תועה, the root Avraham used to describe wandering without specific objective, almost like walking because one is lost.

Oved ("lost") is an intransitive verb... The plausible interpretation is that the Aramean refers to Yaaqov, as if Scripture had said, “When my forefather was in Aram, he was lost” — meaning, he was a pauper, without property. Compare, “give strong drink to him who is lost” [Proverbs 31: 6], where it is immediately followed by, “let him drink, and forget his poverty” [Proverbs 31: 7]. Thus the lost Aramean was my forefather. .. Do not object to Yaaqov’s being called an Aramean, since similar apellations can be found. Consider “Yeter the Ishmaelite” , even though he was really an Israelite

(5) ארמי אבד אבי A [SYRIAN] Aramean DESTROYED MY FATHER — He mentions the loving kindness of Hashem saying, ארמי אבד אבי, an Aramean destroyed my father, which means: “Lavan wished to exterminate the whole nation” (cf. the Haggadah for Passover) when he pursued Jacob. Because he intended to do it Hashem considered it as though he had actually done it (and therefore the expression אבד which refers to the past is used)

וענית ואמרת, "and you will say in your (spiritual) poverty," This is a simile for the temptations of the evil urge who is a great swindler having tricked Eve into eating from the tree of knowledge. The words אבד אבי are a reference to Adam HaRishon. The word אבד is a reference to the mortality this sin introduced to the human race, something which affected all subsequent generations