2 Chronicles 15:2:172 Chr.15.2.W17TAB
וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ
veimtaazevuhu
“and if you forsake him”
- Transliteration
- ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu
- Extended
- veh-ihm-tah-ah-zeh-VOO-hoo
- IPA
- /wəʔim.taʕazăˈvuːhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and if you forsake him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu
- clause
ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM bi-he-yot-KHEM im-MO ve-im-tid-re-SHU-hu yim-ma-TSE la-KHEM ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu ya-a-ZOV et-KHEM
- sentence
va-ye-TSE lif-NE a-SA va-yo-MER LO she-ma-U-ni a-SA ve-khol-ye-hu-DA u-vin-ya-MIN ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM bi-he-yot-KHEM im-MO ve-im-tid-re-SHU-hu yim-ma-TSE la-KHEM ve-im-ta-a-ze-VU-hu ya-a-ZOV et-KHEM
Exegesis
Two parallel conditionals ve-im tidreshuhu yimmatse lakhem {וְאִם־תִּדְרְשֻׁהוּ יִמָּצֵא לָכֶם | wə-ʾim ṭi-drə-šū-hū yim-mā-ṣēʾ lā-ḵem} and ve-im taazvehuhu yaazov etkhem {וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻהוּ יַעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶם | wə-ʾim ṯa-ʿaz-bə-vū-hū ya-ʿă-ẓōḇ ʾet-ḵem} reinforce covenant reciprocity by linking conditional action to consequence.
Root and etymology
“to abandon, leave”
In context — 2 Chronicles 15:2
And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found for you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 15:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Chronicles 15:2, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ (veimtaazevuhu) 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.15.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.15.2.W17.S1) and character.