2 Chronicles 24:20:222 Chr.24.20.W22TAB
כִּֽי־עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם
kiazavtem
“for you have forsaken”
- Transliteration
- ki-a-zav-TEM
- Extended
- KEE-ah-zahv-TEM
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕăzavˈtɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for you have forsaken
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ki-a-zav-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
- sentence
ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM la-ve-SHA et-ze-khar-ya ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-ya-a-MOD me-AL la-AM va-yo-MER la-HEM KO a-MAR ha-e-lo-HIM la-MA a-TEM o-ve-RIM et-mits-vo-T ye-ho-VAH ve-LO tats-li-KHU ki-a-zav-TEM et-ye-ho-VAH va-ya-ZOV et-khem
Exegesis
The parallel cause–effect clauses kî-’ăzabtêm ’et-Yəhôwāh wayya‘azōv ’etkhem {כִּי־עֲזַבְתֶּם אֶת־יְהוָה וַיַּעֲזֹב אֶתְכֶם | kî-’ăzabtêm ʾet Yəhôwāh wayya‘azōv ʾetkhem} enact reciprocal covenant judgment.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-bayin–zayin–bet
“to forsake”
In context — 2 Chronicles 24:20
And the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus says God : Why are you transgressing the commands of the LORD ? You will not prosper because you have forsaken the LORD, and He will forsake you."
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 24:20:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Chronicles 24:20, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם (kiazavtem) 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.24.20.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.24.20.W22.S1) and character.