2 Kings 22:17:32 Kgs.22.17.W3TAB
עֲזָב֗וּנִי
azavuni
“they have forsaken me”
- Transliteration
- a-za-VU-ni
- Extended
- ah-zah-VOO-nee
- IPA
- /ʕăzaːˈvuːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they have forsaken me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-za-VU-ni
- phraseyour reading level
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni
- clause
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM
- sentence
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM ve-nits-TA kha-ma-TI ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-LO tikh-BE
Exegesis
The perfect verb azavuni {עֲזָב֗וּנִי | ʿăzāvûnî} “they have forsaken me” signals completed apostasy, followed by the Vav-consecutive plus Piel imperfect vayekatteru {וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ | wayqaṭṭerû} “and they burned incense,” forming a sequential action link.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–zayin–bet
“to abandon, leave”
In context — 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods to provoke Me by every deed of their hands, My wrath has ignited against this place and will never be extinguished.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 22:17, so the Hebrew word עֲזָב֗וּנִי (azavuni) 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.22.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.17.W3.S1) and character.