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 קִנֵ֜אתִי 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 be-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 {direct object} your altars they tore down and {direct object} your prophets they killed with the sword
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ קַנֹּ֨א קִנֵ֜אתִי לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י צְבָא֗וֹת כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ בְרִֽיתְךָ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣יךָ הָרָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ הָרְג֣וּ בֶחָ֑רֶב וָאִוָּתֵ֤ר 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 be-kha-REV va-i-va-TER a-NI le-va-DI va-ye-vak-SHU et-naf-SHI to take it

   and he said being jealous I have been jealous for the LORD God of hosts for they have forsaken your covenant sons of Israel {direct object} your altars they tore down and {direct object} your prophets they killed with the sword and I remained I alone and they seek {direct object} my life

Exegesis

The maqqef linking kî-‘āzvū {כִּֽי־עָזְב֤וּ | kî-‘āzvū} unites the conjunction with the verb, leading into a triad of parallel perfect verbs hā-rāsū {הָרָסוּ | hā-rāsū} and hārāgū {הָרְגוּ | hārāgū}, portraying abandonment, destruction, and bloodshed.

Root and etymology

ע-ז-ב🔊 ayin–zayin–bet

“to leave, abandon”

• 🔊 עוֹזֵבʿozevone who abandonsJeremiah 2:13