2 Chronicles 12:5:162 Chr.12.5.W16TAB
עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם
azavtem
“you abandoned”
- Transliteration
- a-zav-TEM
- Extended
- ah-zahv-TEHM
- IPA
- /ʕăzavˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- you abandoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-zav-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
a-zav-TEM o-TI
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK
- sentence
u-she-ma-YA ha-na-VI BA el-re-kha-ve-AM ve-sa-RE ye-hu-DA a-sher-ne-e-se-FU el-ye-ru-sha-LIM mip-ne shi-SHAK va-yo-MER la-HEM ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH a-TEM a-zav-TEM o-TI ve-af-a-NI a-zav-TI et-khem be-YAD-shi-SHAK
Exegesis
azavti {עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם… עָזַ֥בְתִּי | ʿăzavtem… ʿāzavtî} create a measure-for-measure structure: human abandonment leads to divine abandonment.
Root and etymology
consonantsAyin–Zayin–Bet
“leave behind”
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:5
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the officials of Judah who had assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says the LORD : ‘You have abandoned Me, and I have also abandoned you into the hand of Shishak.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 12:5, so the Hebrew word עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם (azavtem) 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 2 Chr.12.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.5.W16.S1) and character.