1 Kings 19:20:11 Kgs.19.20.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב
vayazov
“and he left”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ZOV
- Extended
- vah-yah-ZOHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaˈʕăzoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he left
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-ZOV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR
- clause
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha
- sentence
va-ya-ZOV ET-ha-ba-KAR va-YA-rats a-kha-RE e-li-YA-hu va-YO-mer e-SHE-ka-NA le-a-VI u-le-i-MI ve-el-kha a-kha-RE-kha va-YO-mer LO LEKH SHUV KI ME-a-SI-ti LAKH
Exegesis
The narrative uses vav consecutive + imperfect verbs vayaʿazōv {וַיַּעֲזֹב | wayyāʿăzōḇ} ‘and he left’ and wayyārāṣ {וַיָּרָץ | wayyārāṣ} ‘and he ran’, indicating successive actions.
Root and etymology
ע-ז-ב
“to leave, abandon”
In context — 1 Kings 19:20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah. Then he said, “Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will go after you.” And he said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you?”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:20:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 19:20, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲזֹ֣ב (vayazov) 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 Kgs.19.20.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.20.W1.S1) and character.