2 Chronicles 20:27:72 Chr.20.27.W7TAB
לָשׁ֥וּב
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
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
- clause
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA
- sentence
va-ya-SHU-vu KAL-i-SH ye-hu-DA vi-ru-sha-LA-yim vi-ye-ho-sha-FAT be-ro-SHAM la-SHUV el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim be-sim-KHA ki-sim-me-KHAM ye-ho-VAH me-o-ye-VE-hem
Exegesis
The infinitive lashuv {לָשׁוּב | lā·šûv} ‘to return’ combined with el-Yerushalayim {אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם | ʾel-yərū·šā·la·yim} ‘to Jerusalem’ expresses purpose, while be-simchah {בְּשִׂמְחָה | bə·sîm·ḥāh} ‘with joy’ marks the emotional state.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–bet
“to return, turn back”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:27
And all the men of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice over their enemies.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Chronicles 20:27, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֥וּב (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 2 Chr.20.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.27.W7.S1) and character.