אזל

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Aramaic

Pronunciation

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)

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 הָק׳ 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 our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of G-d: what have we?

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