אזל

Aramaic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔəzal/, [ʔăzal]

Verb

אֲזַל • (ʾăzal) (future יֵאזֵל (yēzēl))

  1. to go, depart
    • Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 31:19
      וְלָבָן אֲזַל לְמִגַּז יָת עָנֵיהּ וּנְסֵיבַת רָחֵל יָת צַלְמָנַיָּא דִּלְאֲבוּהָא
      And Laban had gone to shear his sheep and Rachel took her father's household gods.

References

  • ˀzl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew

Root
א־ז־ל (ʾ-z-l)
1 term

Pronunciation

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Verb

אָזַל • (azál) (pa'al construction)

  1. to be used up, be exhausted, be gone, evaporated
    • Tanach, 1 Samuel 9:7, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיֹּאמֶר שָׁאוּל לְנַעֲרוֹ וְהִנֵּה נֵלֵךְ וּמַה־נָּבִיא לָאִישׁ כִּי הַלֶּחֶם אָזַל מִכֵּלֵינוּ וּתְשׁוּרָה אֵין־לְהָבִיא לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים מָה אִתָּנוּ׃
      Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in [literally from] our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָזַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לאזול / לֶאֱזֹל
action noun אֲזִילָה
passive participle
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first אָזַלְתִּי אָזַלְנוּ
second אָזַלְתָּ אָזַלְתְּ אֲזַלְתֶּם1 אֲזַלְתֶּן1
third אָזַל אָזְלָה אָזְלוּ
present אוֹזֵל אוֹזֶלֶת אוֹזְלִים אוֹזְלוֹת
future first אֶאֱזַל נֶאֱזַל
second תֶּאֱזַל תֶּאֶזְלִי תֶּאֶזְלוּ תֶּאֱזַלְנָה2
third יֶאֱזַל תֶּאֱזַל יֶאֶזְלוּ תֶּאֱזַלְנָה2
imperative אֱזַל אִזְלִי אִזְלוּ אֱזַלְנָה2

1 Pronounced אָזַלְתֶּם and אָזַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References