(JE); acc. rei + לְ pers. Lv 19:1 0; 23:22 ( H ), Mal 3:19 . k. leave = have nothing to do with Pr 9:6 . 2. leave, abandon, forsake: • a. abandon , acc. rei : (1) land, house, city, tent, etc., 1 S 31:7 = 1 Ch 10: 7, 2 K 7:7 Je 9:1 8; 48:28 ; 51:9 2 Ch 11:1 4, Is 17:9 ( + מִפְּנֵי of enemy); pt. pass. of cities v 2 Je 4:29 Zp 2: 4, cf. עֲזוּבָה Is 17:19 pt. = subst. = deserted region . (2) oxen 1 K 19:20 , idol-images ( + שָׁם ) 2 S 5:21 = 1 Ch 14:12 , flock Zc 11:17 ; pt. pass. of eggs Is 10:14 . • b. forsake , (1) human subj. and obj. : Gn 2:24 ( J ; a man his + parents), 1 S 30:13 Jos 22:3 ( D ), Je 49:11 ψ 27:10

(parent a child), Pr 2:17 (wife her husband, אַלּוּף ), cf. עֲזוּבָה אִשָּׁה Is 54: 6, and ע׳ of personif. Zion Is 60:15 ; 62:4 . (2) an animal its young Je 14:5 ( obj. om.). • c. = neglect, Levite Dt 12:19 ; 14:27 , poor Jb 20:19 . d. especially (1) fig. of forsaking God ( י׳ ), apostatizing, Ju 10:10 Dt 28:2 0; 31:16 Je 1:16 + 38 times (often Je and later); + Jon 2:9 ( obj. חַסְדָּם , i.e. God, v. חֶסֶד II ); c. ל + inf. only אֶת־י׳ עָֽזְבוּ לִשְׁמֹר Ho 4:10 ( Oort We Now doubt לִשְׁמֹר ). (2) obj. י׳ ’s law, commands, covenant, etc., Dt 29:24 1 K 19:1 0, 14 + 14 times; house of י׳ 2 Ch 24:18 Ne 10:40 . • (3) forsake , fail to follow, obey advice, instruction, wisdom, reproof: 1 K 12:8 , 13 = 2 Ch 10: 8, 13 Pr 2:1 3; 4:2 , 6 ; 10:17 ; 15:10 ; 27:10 . • (4) but also of forsaking idols Ez 20:8 , sins of various kinds 23:8 Is 55:7 Pr 28:13 ( obj. om.; +

מֹודֶה confess ); הַמַּשָּׁא usury Ne 5:1 0. e. of God’s forsaking, abandoning men: Dt 31:17 Is 41:1 7; 49:14 ; 54:7 2 Ch 12:5 Ezr 9:9 ψ 9:11 ; 22:2 + 8 times ψψ ; +

בְּיַד Ne 9:28 ψ 37:33 ; ψ 16:10 thou wilt not abandon my soul לִשְׁאֹול ; of temporary abandonment 2 Ch 32:31 ( + inf. of purpose); etc. (34 times in all); + Je 12:7 ( י׳ abandoning his house). • f. of God’s leaving , i.e. ceasing to regard, the earth, thus giving impunity to crime, Ez 8:12 ; 9:9 . • g. of strength ( כֹּחַ ) forsaking one ψ 38:11 , courage ( לֵב ) 40:13 , kindness and faithfulness ( חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת ) Pr 3:3 . • 3. let loose, set free, let go עִמֹּו עָזֹב תַּעֲזֹב Ex 23:5b ( E ) thou shalt by all means free it (sc. the beast) with him , (aid him to set it free; on sense, cf. Dt 22: 4; DHM sub II . עזב ); עָצוּר וְעָזוּב shut up and freed , proverb. phr., = all classes of people Dt 32:36 1 K 14:1 0; 21:21 2 K 9: 8; 14:26 (exact meaning dub. ; prob. either = bond and free, or [ v. RS ^Sem i. 437, 2nd ed. 456 ] under taboo and free from it); let go Jb 20:13 ( c. acc. of wickedness as morsel in mouth); let loose my complaint Jb 10:1 ( עָלַי apud me , cf. עַל II 1 d ); אֶעֶזְבָה פָנַי Jb 9:27 I will loosen, relax, my face , ( cf.

pers. person, personae. H Code of Holiness. obj. object.

D Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor. fig. figurative.

DHM D. H. Müller. RS W. Robertson Smith, Religion of Semites.