עֲזוּבָה ʻăzûwbâh — desertion (of inhabitants)
Translated in the KJV as forsaking.
feminine passive participle of H5800; desertion (of inhabitants).
ʻăzûwbâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (passive) 1
הָעֲזוּבָ֖ה Isa 6:12 Participle (passive), feminine singular
And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
