2 Kings 17:16:12 Kgs.17.16.W1TAB
וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ
vayazevu
“and they forsook”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-ze-VU
- Extended
- vah-yah-zeh-VOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕ.azˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they forsook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ya-ze-VU
- clause
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM
- sentence
va-ya-ze-VU et-KOL-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ya-a-SU la-HEM ma-se-KHA sha-NIM she-NE a-ga-LIM va-ya-a-SU a-she-RA va-yish-ta-kha-VU le-KHOL-tse-VA ha-sha-MA-yim va-ya-av-DU et-ha-BA-al
Root and etymology
“to abandon”
In context — 2 Kings 17:16
And they forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves a molten idol of two calves, set up an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the host of heaven, and served Baal .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 17:16, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעַזְב֗וּ (vayazevu) 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 Kgs.17.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.16.W1.S1) and character.