2 Chronicles 7:22:42 Chr.7.22.W4TAB
עָֽזְב֜וּ
azevu
“they abandoned”
- Transliteration
- a-ze-VU
- Extended
- aa-zeh-VOO
- IPA
- /ʕaːzəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they abandoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
a-ze-VU
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-SHER a-ze-VU
- clause
ve-a-me-RU AL a-SHER a-ze-VU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM a-SHER ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-ya-kha-ZI-ku be-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM va-ya-av-DUM
- sentence
ve-a-me-RU AL a-SHER a-ze-VU et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-te-HEM a-SHER ho-tsi-AM me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM va-ya-kha-ZI-ku be-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM va-ya-av-DUM al-KEN he-VI a-le-HEM ET kal-ha-ra-A ha-ZOT
Exegesis
The core relative clause azvu et YHWH Elohei avoteihem asher hotzi’am {עָזְבוּ אֶת־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבֹתֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאָם} combines Qal perfect + direct object marker + proper names + relative pronoun + Hiphil perfect to describe Israel’s abandonment of the covenant God.
Root and etymology
‛-z-b
“to forsake”
In context — 2 Chronicles 7:22
And they will say, “Because they forsook the LORD their God , who brought them out from the land of Egypt and clung to other gods, bowing down and serving them; therefore He brought upon them all this disaster .”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 7:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Chronicles 7:22, so the Hebrew word עָֽזְב֜וּ (azevu) 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.7.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.7.22.W4.S1) and character.