1 Kings 13:16:41 Kgs.13.16.W4TAB
לָשׁ֥וּב
lashoov
“to return”
- Transliteration
- la-SHOOV
- Extended
- lah-SHOOV
- IPA
- /laːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-SHOOV
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHOOV it-TAKH
- clause
vah-YO-mer LO oo-KHAL la-SHOOV it-TAKH ve-la-VO it-TAKH
- sentence
vah-YO-mer LO oo-KHAL la-SHOOV it-TAKH ve-la-VO it-TAKH ve-LOH-O-KHAL LE-khem ve-LO-e-SHTE it-KHA MA-yim ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
Two Qal infinitive constructs lashuv {לָשׁ֥וּב | lā-shūv} ‘to return’ and velavo {וְלָב֣וֹא | wə-lā-vō} ‘to come’ form parallel complements, each followed by the emphatic ittach {אִתָּ֖ךְ | it-tākh} ‘with you.’
Root and etymology
Rootshin–waw–bet
“to return”
In context — 1 Kings 13:16
And he said, “I am not able to return with you or to come with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 13:16, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֥וּב (lashoov) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.13.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.16.W4.S1) and character.