Original Language Studio
2 Kings 17:16
“And they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
H5800 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּעַזְב֗וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 215 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:24Genesis 24:27Genesis 28:15Genesis 39:6Genesis 39:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָזַב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.