1 Samuel 15:26:51 Sam.15.26.W5TAB

אָשׁ֖וּב

ashuv

return

Transliteration
a-SHUV
Extended
aa-SHOOV
IPA
/ʔaːˈʃuːv/

Meaning by language

English
return

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Result
אָ + שׁ֖וּב
a + shuv
ashuv

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-SHUV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO a-SHUV

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL LO a-SHUV i-MAKH

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL LO a-SHUV i-MAKH KI ma-AS-te et-de-VAR ye-ho-VAH va-yim-AS-kha ye-ho-VAH mi-he-YOT ME-lekh al-yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The negative particle lo {לֹ֥א | lōʾ} precedes the Qal imperfect ashuv {אָשׁ֖וּב | ʼă·šûv} ‘I will return,’ forming a definitive refusal.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–vav–bet

to return, to turn back

In context1 Samuel 15:26

But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD , and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 15:26, so the Hebrew word אָשׁ֖וּב (ashuv) 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.15.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.26.W5.S1) and character.