2 Chronicles 21:10:162 Chr.21.10.W16TAB

עָזַ֔ב

azav

he forsook

Transliteration
a-ZAV
Extended
aa-ZAHV
IPA
/ʕaːˈzav/

Meaning by language

English
he forsook

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Result
עָ + זַ֔ב
a + zav
azav

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Zayinz as in zero
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-ZAV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI a-ZAV

  3. clause

    KI a-ZAV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TAV

  4. sentence

    va-yif-SHA e-DOM mi-TA-khat yad-ye-hu-DA AD ha-YOM ha-ZE AZ tif-SHA liv-NA ba-ET ha-HI mi-TA-khat ya-DO KI a-ZAV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TAV

Exegesis

The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces a causal clause led by the perfect ʿāzav {עָזַב | ʿāzav} ‘he forsook’, with the accusative particle ʾet- {אֶת־ | ʾet-} omitted in English.

Root and etymology

ʿ-z-bayin–zayin–bet

to leave, forsake, abandon

In context2 Chronicles 21:10

And Edom rebelled from under Judah’s hand until this very day. Then Libnah also rebelled from under his rule, because he had forsaken the LORD , God of his ancestors .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 21:10:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Chronicles 21:10, so the Hebrew word עָזַ֔ב (azav) 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.21.10.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.21.10.W16.S1) and character.