כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ

   ki-A-ze-VU

   for they have forsaken
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ בְרִֽיתְךָ֙

   ki-A-ze-VU ve-RIT-kha

   for they have forsaken your covenant
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ קַנֹּ֨א קִנֵּ֜אתִי לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י צְבָא֗וֹת כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣יךָ הָרָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ הָרְג֣וּ בֶחָ֑רֶב

   va-yo-MER ka-NO ki-NE-ti la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE tse-va-OT ki-A-ze-VU ve-RIT-kha be-NE yis-ra-EL et-miz-be-kho-TE-kha ha-RA-SU ve-et-ne-vi-E-kha har-GU ve-kha-REV

   and he said being jealous I have been jealous for the LORD God of hosts for they have forsaken your covenant sons of Israel your altars they have torn down and your prophets they have killed with the sword
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ קַנֹּ֨א קִנֵּ֜אתִי לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י צְבָא֗וֹת כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣יךָ הָרָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ הָרְג֣וּ בֶחָ֑רֶב וֽ͏ָאִוָּתֵ֤ר אֲנִי֙ לְבַדִּ֔י וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י לְקַחְתָּֽהּ׃

   va-yo-MER ka-NO ki-NE-ti la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE tse-va-OT ki-A-ze-VU ve-RIT-kha be-NE yis-ra-EL et-miz-be-kho-TE-kha ha-RA-SU ve-et-ne-vi-E-kha har-GU ve-kha-REV va-i-va-TER a-NI le-va-DI va-ye-vak-SHU et-naf-SHI le-kakh-TA

   and he said being jealous I have been jealous for the LORD God of hosts for they have forsaken your covenant sons of Israel your altars they have torn down and your prophets they have killed with the sword and I was left I alone and they seek my life to take it

Exegesis

Three perfect verbs—azvu {עָזְבוּ | ʿa-zvū}, harasu {הָרָסוּ | hā-rā-sū}, haregu {הָרְגוּ | hā-rə-gū}—outline apostasy, desecration, and violence.

Root and etymology

ע-ז-ב🔊 ayin–zayin–bet

“to leave, abandon”

• 🔊 עוֹזֵבʿozevone who abandonsJeremiah 2:13