Word Study · Strong's H235 · Hebrew

אָזַל

azal

aw-zal'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼâzal

“to go away, hence, to disappear”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

to go away, hence, to disappear

Rendered in the KJV as

fail, gad about, go to and fro (but in Ezekiel 27:19 the word is rendered by many 'from Uzal,' by others 'yarn'), be gone (spent).

5
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 5 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

אָזַ֣ל1
אָֽזְלוּ־1
אָ֣זְלַת1
וְאֹזֵ֥ל1
תֵּזְלִ֥י1

How it is rendered · 4

it has been used up2
and [he is] going away1
do you treat lightly1
they disappear1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person feminine singular1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/Vqrmsa · 1
HVhi2fs · 1
HVqp3cp · 1
HVqp3fs · 1
HVqp3ms · 1

All 5, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Deuteronomy1 of 5 · 20%
1 Samuel1 of 5 · 20%
Job1 of 5 · 20%
Proverbs1 of 5 · 20%
Jeremiah1 of 5 · 20%

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Deuteronomy1 occurrence

Deuteronomy 32:36אָ֣זְלַתʾazelatverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singularFor the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.here: it has been used up

1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 9:7אָזַ֣לʾazalverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”here: it has been used up

Job1 occurrence

Job 14:11אָֽזְלוּ־ʾazelu-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralAs water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,here: they disappear

Proverbs1 occurrence

Proverbs 20:14וְאֹזֵ֥לveozelconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“Worthless, worthless!” says the buyer, but on the way out, he gloats.here: and [he is] going away

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 2:36תֵּזְלִ֥יtezeliverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person feminine singularHow unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.here: do you treat lightly

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