Genesis 39:18:5Gen.39.18.W5TAB
וַיַּעֲזֹ֥ב
vayaazov
“he left”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-a-ZOV
- Extended
- vah-yah-ah-ZOHV
- IPA
- /waj.ja.ʕă.ˈzoːv/
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 ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ka-ha-ri-MI ko-LI va-ek-RA va-ya-a-ZOV big-DO ets-LI va-YA-nos ha-khu-TSA
Exegesis
The successive wayyiqtol verbs vaya‘azov {וַיַּעֲזֹב | way-ya-ʿă-zōv} ‘and he left’ and vayanas {וַיָּ֥נָס | way-yā-nās} ‘and he fled’ create a rapid sequence, portraying Joseph’s abrupt departure.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-vayin–zayin–bet
“to leave, forsake”
In context — Genesis 39:18
And it happened, as I lifted up my voice and called out, he left his garment beside me and fled outside.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 39:18, so the Hebrew word וַיַּעֲזֹ֥ב (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.39.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.18.W5.S1) and character.