Isaiah 17:2:1Isa.17.2.W1TAB
עֲזֻב֖וֹת
azuvot
“forsaken or deserted”
- Transliteration
- a-zu-VOT
- Extended
- ah-zuh-VOHT
- IPA
- /ʕă.zuːˈvoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- forsaken or deserted
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-zu-VOT
- clause
a-zu-VOT a-RE a-ro-ER
- sentence
a-zu-VOT a-RE a-ro-ER la-da-RIM ti-he-ye-NA ve-rav-TSU ve-EN ma-kha-RID
Exegesis
The opening noun azuvot {עֲזֻבוֹת | ʿă-zû-ḇôṯ} ‘abandoned places’ qualifies the construct noun arei {עָרֵי | ʿā-rê} ‘cities’ in a construct chain with the proper noun Aroer {עֲרֹעֵר | ʿă-rō-ʿêr}, indicating specific location.
Root and etymology
ʿ-z-bayin–zayin–bet
“to leave, forsake”
In context — Isaiah 17:2
The abandoned cities of Aroer will be for flocks ; they shall lie down, and none will make them afraid .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 17:2, so the Hebrew word עֲזֻב֖וֹת (azuvot) 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 Isa.17.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.2.W1.S1) and character.