Isaiah 17:9:10Isa.17.9.W10TAB
עָזְב֔וּ
azvu
“they abandoned”
- Transliteration
- az-VU
- Extended
- aaz-VOO
- IPA
- /ʕaːzəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they abandoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
az-VU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER az-VU
- clause
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-YU a-RE ma-u-ZO ka-a-zu-VAT ha-KHO-resh ve-ha-a-MIR a-SHER az-VU mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
ba-YOM ha-HU yih-YU a-RE ma-u-ZO ka-a-zu-VAT ha-KHO-resh ve-ha-a-MIR a-SHER az-VU mip-pe-NE be-NE yis-ra-EL ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA
Exegesis
The relative clause ʼăšer ʻāzəvû {אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָזְב֔וּ | ʼăšer ʻāzəvû} ‘which they forsook’ governs the causal mip̄nê bənê yisrāʼēl {מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | mip̄nê bənê yisrāʼēl} ‘because of the sons of Israel’.
Root and etymology
Rootʿazav
“to abandon”
In context — Isaiah 17:9
On that day, his fortified cities will be like a forsaken place in the forest and like a topmost branch which they abandoned because of the children of Israel. And it will be desolation.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 17:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Isaiah 17:9, so the Hebrew word עָזְב֔וּ (azvu) 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.17.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.17.9.W10.S1) and character.