Genesis 39:12:6Gen.39.12.W6TAB
וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב
vayaazov
“he left”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-ZOV
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-ZOHV
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ʕăˈzoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he left
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO
- clause
va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS va-ye-TSE ha-khu-TSA
- sentence
va-tit-pe-SE-hu be-vig-DO le-MOR shikh-VA im-MI va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO be-ya-DAH va-ya-NAS va-ye-TSE ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The action shifts at vayyaazov {וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב | way-yaʿă-zōḇ} ‘and he left’, as Joseph abandons bigdo {בִּגְדוֹ֙ | biḡ-dô} ‘his garment’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-vayin–zayin–bet
“to leave, forsake”
In context — Genesis 39:12
She seized him by his garment , saying, “Lie with me,” but he left his garment in her hand, and he fled and went outside .
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 39:12, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲזֹ֤ב (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 Gen.39.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.12.W6.S1) and character.