2 Chronicles 18:16:142 Chr.18.16.W14TAB
יָשׁ֥וּבוּ
yashuvu
“they shall return”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- yaa-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃuː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they shall return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ya-SHU-vu
- phraseyour reading level
ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to
- clause
va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-yo-MER ra-I-ti et-KOL-yis-ra-EL ne-fo-TSIM al-he-ha-RIM ka-TSON a-SHER en-la-HEN ro-E va-yo-MER ye-ho-VAH lo-a-do-NIM la-EL-le ya-SHU-vu ish-le-VE-to be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The final jussive construction yashuvu ish leveito beshalom {יָשׁוּבוּ אִישׁ־לְבֵיתוֹ בְּשָׁלוֹם | yā-šū-vû ’îš lə-bê-ṯō bə-šā-lōm} ‘let each return to his house in peace’ expresses a distributive command that balances individual responsibility with communal well-being.
Root and etymology
s-w-bshin-vav-bet
“to return”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:16
He said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said, ‘They have no masters ; let each return to his house in peace.’”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word יָשׁ֥וּבוּ (yashuvu) 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 2 Chr.18.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.16.W14.S1) and character.