1 Samuel 18:6:31 Sam.18.6.W3TAB
בְּשׁ֤וּב
beshuv
“when returning”
- Transliteration
- be-SHUV
- Extended
- beh-SHOOV
- IPA
- /bəˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- when returning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
be-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
be-SHUV da-VID
- clause
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-vo-AM be-SHUV da-VID me-ha-KHOT ET-ha-pe-lish-TI va-te-TSE-na ha-na-SHIM mi-KAL-a-RE yis-ra-EL la-SHUR la-SHIR ve-ham-me-kho-LOT lik-ra-AT sha-UL ha-ME-lekh be-tu-PIM be-sim-KHA u-ve-sha-li-SHIM
Exegesis
This is followed by two infinitive constructs, bevo’am {בְּבוֹאָם | bə·bō·'ām} ‘when they came’ and beshuv {בְּשׁוּב | bə·šū·ḇ} ‘as he returned,’ establishing a temporal frame centered on David’s victory.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:6
And it happened as they returned, when David had struck down the Philistine, that the women went out from all the cities of Israel to sing and to dance to meet Saul the king with tambourines and with joy , and with stringed instruments.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:6, so the Hebrew word בְּשׁ֤וּב (beshuv) 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.18.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.6.W3.S1) and character.