1 Samuel 15:25:51 Sam.15.25.W5TAB
וְשׁ֣וּב
vehshuv
“return”
- Transliteration
- veh-SHUV
- Extended
- veh-SHOOV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
veh-SHUV i-MI
- clause
veh-SHUV i-MI veh-esh-ta-kha-VEH la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-a-TA SA NA et-kha-TA-ti veh-SHUV i-MI veh-esh-ta-kha-VEH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The conjunction wə-šûḇ {וְשׁוּב | wə-šûḇ} ‘and return’ extends the appeal, followed by the cohortative Hithpael wə-’eštahăvēh {וְאֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה | wə-’eštahă-vêh} ‘and let me bow down’, expressing intended worship.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–bet
“to return, to turn back”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:25
And now, please forgive my sin, and return with me, so that I may bow down to the LORD .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:25, so the Hebrew word וְשׁ֣וּב (vehshuv) 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 Sam.15.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.25.W5.S1) and character.