The meaning of “אָזַל”
Understanding ʼâzal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
fail, gad about, go to and fro (but in Ezekiel 27:19 the word is rendered by many 'from Uzal,' by others 'yarn'), be gon...
אָזַל
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). - to go away, hence, to disappear 1) to go, to go away, to go about 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go away 1a2) to go about 1a3) to be used up, be exhausted, be gone, evaporated 1b) (Pual) to go to and fro
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy 32:36 | “For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.” Word: אָזַל (ʼâzal) | |
| 1 Samuel 9:7 | “Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?” Word: אָזַל (ʼâzal) | |
| Job 14:11 | “As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:” Word: אָזַל (ʼâzal) | |
| Proverbs 20:14 | “It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.” Word: אָזַל (ʼâzal) | |
| Jeremiah 2:36 | “Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.” Word: אָזַל (ʼâzal) |
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