1 Chronicles 14:12:11 Chr.14.12.W1TAB
וַיַּעַזְבוּ־שָׁ֖ם
vayazavusham
“and they left there”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-za-VU-SHAM
- Extended
- vah-yah-zah-VOO-SHAAM
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ʕăzəˈvuː.ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they left there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-za-VU-SHAM
- clause
va-ya-za-VU-SHAM ET-e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-ya-za-VU-SHAM ET-e-lo-HE-hem va-yo-MER da-VID va-yis-SAR-fe-VU ba-ESH
Exegesis
The narrative opens with vayya'azvu {וַיַּעַזְבוּ | wayyaʿazvēv} ‘and they abandoned’, a qal imperfect with vav-consecutive indicating sequential action.
The locative sham {שָׁם | šām} specifies the site of abandonment.
Root and etymology
ע–ז–ב
“to leave, forsake”
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:12
And they abandoned their gods there, and David commanded, and they burned them in the fire .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Chronicles 14:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַזְבוּ־שָׁ֖ם (vayazavusham) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.14.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.12.W1.S1) and character.