1 Kings 20:26:21 Kgs.20.26.W2TAB
לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת
litshuvat
“at the turning or return of”
- Transliteration
- lit-shu-VAT
- Extended
- liht-shoo-VAT
- IPA
- /lit.ʃuˈvat/
Meaning by language
- English
- at the turning or return 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
va-ye-HI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA va-yif-KOD ben-ha-DAD et-a-RAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI lit-shu-VAT ha-sha-NA va-yif-KOD ben-ha-DAD et-a-RAM va-YA-al a-FE-ka lam-mil-kha-MA im-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase li-tshu-vat ha-shanah {לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת הַשָּׁנָ֔ה | li·tû·wā·ṯ ha·šnāh} functions as a temporal circumstantial clause (“at the turning of the year”), combining lamed + construct noun + definite article to express the Hebrew idiom for seasonal recurrence.
Root and etymology
š-v-bshin–vav–bet
“return”
In context — 1 Kings 20:26
And it happened at the turning of the year that Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek for battle with Israel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 20:26, 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.20.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.26.W2.S1) and character.