1 Kings 20:22:141 Kgs.20.22.W14TAB
לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת
litshuvat
“at the turning of”
- Transliteration
- lit-shu-VAT
- Extended
- liht-shoo-VAHT
- IPA
- /lit.ʃuːˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the turning of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
lit-shu-VAT
- phraseyour reading level
lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA
- clause
KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
- sentence
va-yig-GASH ha-na-VI el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER LO LEKH hit-kha-ZAK ve-DA u-re-E ET a-sheR-ta-a-SE KI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA ME-lekh a-RAM o-LE a-LE-kha
Exegesis
The construct li-teshuvat ha-šānāh {לִתְשׁוּבַת הַשָּׁנָה | liltešūḇat haš-šānāh} serves as a temporal clause, marking the cyclical timing of the year’s return.
Root and etymology
š-v-bshin–vav–bet
“return”
In context — 1 Kings 20:22
And the prophet approached the king of Israel and said to him, “Go, strengthen yourself , and be attentive to what you should do, for at the turning of the year the king of Aram will come up against you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:22:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Kings 20:22, so the Hebrew word לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת (litshuvat) 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.20.22.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.22.W14.S1) and character.