2 Kings 21:22:12 Kgs.21.22.W1TAB
וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב
vayaazov
“and he forsook”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-ZOV
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-ZOHV
- IPA
- /vaj.jaʕăˈzoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he 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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-a-ZOV
- clause
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-ya-a-ZOV et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TAV ve-LO ha-LAKH be-DE-rekh ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the sequential vav-consecutive verb vaya'azov {וַיַּעֲזֹב | wayyiʿazov} ‘and he forsook’, establishing narrative progression.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–zayin–bet
“to leave, forsake”
In context — 2 Kings 21:22
And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers , and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 21:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 21:22, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲזֹ֕ב (vayaazov) 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.21.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.21.22.W1.S1) and character.