BDB5936
I. עָזַב213 verb leave, forsake, loose (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Arabic [untranscribed source text 3800] be remote, absent, depart, Assyrian ezêbu , leave, Shaph`el ušezib , rescue, compare Biblical Aramaic שֵׁיזֵב; — Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3801] widowed Di973); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
ע
Gen 24:27 +,
suffix עֲזָבַנִי
Isa 49:14;
Ps 38:11 3
feminine singular עָזָ֑בָה
Ezek 23:8 1
singular suffix עֲזַבְתִּיךְ
Isa 54:7 2
feminine plural עֲזַבְתֶּן
Exod 2:20, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲזֹב
Isa 55:7 +,
יַעֲזָבֿ
Gen 2:24, suffix 1
singular וַיַּעַזְבֵנִי
1Sam 30:13,
etc.; Imperative
עֲזֹב
Ps 37:8,
עָזְבָה
Jer 49:11,
עִזְבוּ
Jer 48:28;
Prov 9:6, etc.;
Infinitive absolute
עָזוֺב
Jer 14:5,
עָזֹב
Exod 23:5
construct
עֲזֹב
Gen 44:22 +,
suffix עָזְבֵךְ
Jer 2:17 +, etc.;
Participle
active
עֹזֵב
Prov 10:17 +,
construct עֹזְבִי (Ges«GKC:90l»§ 90l); feminine
construct עֹזֶבֶת
Prov 2:17 etc.;
passive
עָזוּב
Deut 32:26 +,
etc.; —
1.
leave, with accusative (on order of meanings compare
NöZMG. xl (1886). 726):
a. = depart from
, accusative of person Gen 44:22 (twice in verse) (
J
), 2Kgs
2:2; 2Kgs
2:4; 2Kgs
2:6;
2Kgs 4:30; Num 10:31 (
P
), Ruth
1:16; Jer
9:1 (|| הָלַךְ מֵאֵת); accusative of location 1Kgs 8:6; Jer 25:28 (׳
י as lion leaving lair); with מִן local intransitive (strangely) Jer 18:14
(of snow).
b.
leave behind, accusative of person Exod 2:20 (
J
), 2Sam 15:16 (+ infinitive), Ezek 24:21 accusative of thing +
בְּיַד
Gen 39:12
;
Gen 39:13, + אֶצְלִי Gen 39:15 Gen 39:18 (all
J
); + ב location Gen 50:8 (
J
); accusative of person and thing Exod 9:21 (
J
).
c.
leave in the presence of (לִפְנֵי) 1Chr 16:37 (ל
of accusative, compare ל
3.b. above), 2Chr 28:14.
d.
leave in safety, וְאָ֫נָה חַעַזְבוּ כְּבוֺדְכֶם
Isa 10:3.
e.
leave in a given condition, situation, אֹתוֺ בְמַחֲלֻיִים
׳
ע
2Chr 24:25
they left him in great suffering; with
adverb accusative Ezek 23:29 a city פְּתוּחָה
Josh 8:17
.
f.
leave undisturbed, let alone
Ruth 2:16
.
g.
leave unexercised, Gen 24:27
pregnantly he hath not left his kindness and his faithfulness from
(being) with (מֵעִם)
my master; so חַסְדּוֺ אֶתֿ
׳
ע
Ruth
2:20 (both of ׳
י); חֵמָה
׳
ע
Ps
37:8 (|| הֶרֶף מֵאַף).
h.
leave in the hand of, entrust to, accusative of thing +
בְּיַד
Gen 39:6 (
J
), + אֶלֿ
Job 39:11 (|| בָּטַח בְּ
), + עַלֿ
Ps 10:14 (accusative omitted,
his cause). — So also possibly (with לְ)
Neh 3:34 (reading לֵאלֹהִים
for
ᵑ0
לָהֶם), but text probably otherwise corrupt.
i.
leave to (ל) one (unaided),
וְחָדַלְתָּ֫ מֵעֲזֹב לוֺ
Exod 23:5 a (
E
) thou shalt refrain from leaving it
(that is, the affair) to him; compare
תַּעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּיצֶיהָ
Job 39:14 (of ostrich).
j.
leave over, remaining, accusative of person Josh 2:21
(
J
E
); accusative of thing + לְ person Lev
19:10;
Lev 23:22 (
H
),
Mal 3:19.
k.
leave = have nothing to do with Prov 9:6
.
2.
leave, abandon, forsake:
a.
abandon, accusative of thing: (1) land, house, city, tent, etc., 1Sam 31:7 = 1Chr
10:7
;
2Kgs
7:7;
Jer 9:18; Jer 48:28; Jer 51:9; Jer 2:14
;
(+ מִפְּנֵי of enemy); passive participle of cities Isa 17:2
;
Jer
4:29;
Zeph 2:4, compare עֲזוּבָה
Isa 17:9
participle = substantive = deserted region. (2) oxen 1Kgs
19:20,
idol-images (+ שָׁם) 2Sam 5:21 = 1Chr 14:12, flock Zech
11:17 passive participle of eggs Isa 10:14.
b.
forsake, (1) human subject and object: Gen 2:24 (
J
; a man his parents), 1Sam 30:13; Josh 22:3 (
D
),
Jer 49:11; Ps 27:10 (parent a child), Prov
2:17 (wife her husband, אַלוּף), compare עֲזוּבָה אִשָּׁה
Isa
54:6
, and ׳
ע of personified Zion Isa 60:15; Isa 62:4. (2) an
animal its young
Jer
14:5
(object om).
c. = neglect, Levite Deut 12:19;
Deut
14:27, poor Job 20:19.
d. especially (1) figurative
of
forsaking God (׳
י), apostatizing, Judg 10:10; Deut 28:20;
Deut 31:16; Jer 1:16
+ 38 t. (often Jeremiah and later); + Jonah 2:9 (object חַסְדָּם,
i.e.
God, see
חֶסֶד
II); with ל + infinitive only עָֽזְבוּ לִשְׁמֹר
׳
אֶתיֿ
Hos
4:10
(Oort
We
Now doubt לִשְׁמֹר). (2) object
׳
י's law, commands, covenant, etc., Deut 29:24;
1Kgs 19:10;
1Kgs 19:14 + 14 t.; house of ׳
י
2Chr 24:18; Neh 10:40. (3) forsake, fail to follow,
obey advice, instruction, wisdom, reproof: 1Kgs 12:8; 1Kgs 12:13 = 2Chr
10:8; 2Chr 10:13; Prov 2:13; Prov 4:2; Prov 4:6
;
Prov
10:17; Prov 15:10; Prov 27:10. (4) but also of
forsaking idols Ezek 20:8, sins of various kinds Ezek 23:8;
Isa
55:7
;
Prov 28:13 (object omitted; + מוֺדֶה
confess); הַמַּשָּׁא
usury
Neh
5:10
.
e. of God's forsaking, abandoning men:
Deut
31:17; Isa 42:16; Isa 49:14; Isa 54:7; 2Chr
12:5;
Ezra 9:9; Ps 9:11; Ps 22:2 + 8 t.
Psalms; + בְּיַד
Neh
9:28
; Ps
37:33; Ps 16:10
thou wilt not abandon my soul
לִשְׁאוֺל; of temporary abandonment 2Chr 32:31 (+ infinitive of
purpose); etc. (34 t. in all); + Jer 12:7 (׳
י abandoning his house).
f.
of God's leaving, i.e. ceasing to regard, the earth, thus giving impunity to
crime,
Ezek
8:12;
Ezek 9:9.
g. of strength (כֹּחַ
) forsaking one Ps 38:11, courage (לֵב
) Ps
40:13, kindness and faithfulness (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Prov 3:3.
3.
let loose, set free, let go
עִמּוֺ עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב
Exod 23:5
b
(
E
) thou shalt by all means free it (that is, the beast) with
him
, (aid him to set it free; on sense, compare Deut 22:4
DHM below II. עזב); עָצוּר וְעָזוּב
shut up and freed, proverb. phrase, = all classes of people Deut 32:36; 1Kgs
14:10
;
1Kgs 21:21;
2Kgs 9:8; 2Kgs 14:26 (exact meaning dubious; probably either = bond
and
free, or [see RSSem i. 437, 2nd ed. 456] under taboo
and
free from it); let go
Job
20:13
(c, accusative of wickedness as morsel in mouth); let loose my complaint
Job 10:1
(
עָלַי
apud me, compare עַל II 1 d); אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי
Job 9:27
I will loosen, relax, my face, (compare Thes
De
Me
Stu
Di
BuhlLex
Bu; > abandon my [gloomy]
countenance
AV
RV
SS
BaeKau
Du).
Niph`al
Perfect 3 masculine singular נֶעֱזַב
Neh 13:11
3 feminine singular נֶעֱזָבָ֫ה
Isa 62:12
Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֵּעָזֵב
Isa 7:16;
Lev 26:43
,
תֵּעָ֣זַב
Job 18:4 3
masculine plural יֵעָֽזְבוּ
Isa 18:6
Participle
נֶעֱזָב
Isa 27:10
;
Ps 37:25
feminine plural נֶעֱזָבוֺת
Ezek 36:4
—
1.
be left to (לְ), i.e. to the possession of, Isa 18:6.
2.
be forsaken, of house of God Neh 13:11, a city Ezek 36:4; Isa
27:10
(|| מְשֻׁלָּח), Isa 62:12 the earth Job 18:4, land Isa 7:16
;
Lev 26:43
(+ מִן of exiles); of man Ps 37:25.
Pu`al (or
Qal Passive, see Ges«GKC:52e»§ 52e)
be deserted, of city: Perfect 3 masculine singular
הֲמוֺן
עִיר עֻזָּב֫
Isa
32:14 (|| נֻטָּ֔שׁ); 3 feminine singular עֻזְּבָה
Jer
49:25.