Job 20:19:2Job.20.19.W2TAB
עָזַ֣ב
azav
“he abandoned”
- Transliteration
- a-ZAV
- Extended
- aa-ZAHV
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈzav/
Meaning by language
- English
- he abandoned
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-ZAV
- clause
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM
- sentence
ki-RITS-tsats a-ZAV da-LIM BA-yit ga-ZAL ve-LO yi-ve-NE-hu
Exegesis
Two successive perfect verbs, azav {עָזַב | ʿāzaḇ} ‘he abandoned’ following ki-ritsats, present completed acts of injustice in tight poetic asyndeton, intensifying the charge.
Root and etymology
Rootayin–zayin–bet
“to leave, forsake”
In context — Job 20:19
For he crushed and abandoned the poor ; a house he seized , yet he will not build it.
About this coordinate
Job 20:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 20:19, so the Hebrew word עָזַ֣ב (azav) 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 Job.20.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.19.W2.S1) and character.