Jeremiah 16:11:4Jer.16.11.W4TAB
אֲשֶׁר־עָזְב֨וּ
asherazevu
“that they forsook”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-a-ZE-vu
- Extended
- ah-shehr-aa-ZEH-voo
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.ʕɔːzəˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that they forsook
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-sher-a-ZE-vu
- phraseyour reading level
AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM ve-o-TI a-ZA-vu ve-et-to-ra-TI LO sha-MA-ru
Exegesis
The causal clause al asher azvu avoteikhem oti {עַל אֲשֶׁר־עָזְבוּ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם אוֹתִי | ʿal ʾă-šer ʿā-zə-ḇû ʾă-ḇō-ṯê-ḵem ʾô-tî} ‘because your fathers forsook me’ establishes the basis for judgment.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–zayin–bet
“to abandon, forsake”
In context — Jeremiah 16:11
And you shall say to them, “Because your fathers have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD , “and have gone after other gods, and have served and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken, and My law they have not kept.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Jeremiah 16:11, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־עָזְב֨וּ (asherazevu) 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 Jer.16.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.11.W4.S1) and character.