1 Kings 19:15:51 Kgs.19.15.W5TAB
שׁ֥וּב
shuv
“return”
- Transliteration
- SHUV
- Extended
- SHOOV
- IPA
- /ˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
SHUV le-dar-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV LEKH SHUV le-dar-KHA mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH e-LAV LEKH SHUV le-dar-KHA mid-ba-RA dam-MA-sek u-va-TA u-ma-SHAKH-ta et-kha-za-EL le-ME-lekh al-a-RAM
Exegesis
The paired imperatives lekh {לֵךְ | lēk} ‘Go’ and shuv {שׁוּב | šûwḇ} ‘Return’ form a sequential directive.
Root and etymology
š-w-bshin–vav–bet
“to return, repent”
In context — 1 Kings 19:15
And the LORD said to him, “Go, return by your way to the wilderness toward Damascus, and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 19:15, so the Hebrew word שׁ֥וּב (shuv) 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.19.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.15.W5.S1) and character.