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

• Audio:

  (file)

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

• H235 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible