Isaiah 18:6:1Isa.18.6.W1TAB
יֵעָזְב֤וּ
yeazevu
“they will be left”
- Transliteration
- ye-a-ZE-VU
- Extended
- yeh-ah-ZEH-voo
- IPA
- /jeːʕozˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will be left
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ye-a-ZE-VU
- phraseyour reading level
ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV
- clause
ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV le-IT ha-RIM u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets
- sentence
ye-a-ZE-VU yakh-DAV le-IT ha-RIM u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets ve-KATS a-LAV ha-A-yit ve-KHOL-be-he-MAT ha-A-rets a-LAV te-khe-RAF
Exegesis
The passive form yeazvu {יֵעָזְבוּ | yē-ʿā-zvū} ‘they shall be left’ introduces an agentless clause highlighting judgment.
Root and etymology
ע־ז־ב
“to leave, forsake”
In context — Isaiah 18:6
They shall be left together to the bird of prey of the mountains and to the beast of the land; and the bird of prey shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall winter upon them.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 18:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Isaiah 18:6, so the Hebrew word יֵעָזְב֤וּ (yeazevu) 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.18.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.18.6.W1.S1) and character.