1 Samuel 18:2:71 Sam.18.2.W7TAB
לָשׁ֖וּב
lashuv
“to return”
- Transliteration
- la-SHUV
- Extended
- laa-SHOOV
- IPA
- /laːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-SHUV
- clause
ve-LO ne-ta-NO la-SHUV BET a-VIV
- sentence
va-yik-ka-KHE-hu sha-UL ba-YOM ha-HU ve-LO ne-ta-NO la-SHUV BET a-VIV
Exegesis
The negative clause velo netano lashuv {וְלֹא נְתָנוֹ לָשׁוּב | wə-lō’ nᵊtānô lāšûḇ} employs the perfect form of netan with negation to indicate refusal of permission.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:2
Saul took him that day and did not permit him to return to his father’s house.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 18:2, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֖וּב (lashuv) 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.18.2.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.2.W7.S1) and character.