אזוב

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Hebrew[edit]

Root
א־ז־ב (ʾ-z-b)

Etymology[edit]

Related to Classical Syriac ܙܘܦܐ (zōṗā), Akkadian 𒍪𒌑𒁍 (/⁠zūpu⁠/), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic אֵיזוֹבָא (ʾēzōḇa), Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

אֵזוֹב (ʾēzṓḇm

  1. hyssop
    • Tanach, Psalms 51:9:
      תְּחַטְּאֵנִי בְאֵזוֹב וְאֶטְהָר תְּכַבְּסֵנִי וּמִשֶּׁלֶג אַלְבִּין׃
      T'ḥaṭ'éni v-ezóv v-eṭ'hár; t'khab'séni u-mi-sheleg albin.
      Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Nega'im 14:6:
      מִצְוַת אֵזוֹב, לֹא אֵזוֹב יָוָן, לֹא אֵזוֹב כּוֹחֲלִי, לֹא אֵזוֹב רוֹמִי, לֹא אֵזוֹב מִדְבָּרִית, וְלֹא כָל אֵזוֹב שֶׁיֶּשׁ לוֹ שֵׁם לְוָי:
      Mitzvát ezóv, lo ezóv Yaván, lo ezóv koḥalí, lo ezóv romí, lo ezóv midbarít, v-lo khol ezóv she-yesh lo shem l'váy.
      The commandment with hyssop - not hyssop of Greece, nor blue hyssop, nor Roman hyssop, nor desert hyssop, nor any hyssop that has a modifier.


Descendants[edit]

  • Ge'ez: አዘብ (ʾäzäb)

Verb[edit]

אָזוּב (azúv)

  1. First-person singular future (prefix conjugation) of זָב (záv): I will dribble.

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