2 Kings 17:13:102 Kgs.17.13.W10TAB
שֻׁ֜֠בוּ
shuvu
“turn back”
- Transliteration
- shu-VU
- Extended
- shuh-VOO
- IPA
- /ʃuˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turn back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shu-VU
- clause
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM
- sentence
va-ya-AD ye-ho-VAH be-yis-ra-EL u-vi-hu-DA be-YAD KAL-ne-vi-A-v ne-vi-E khol-kho-ZE le-MOR shu-VU mi-dar-khe-KHEM ha-ra-IM ve-shim-RU mits-vo-TAY khu-kko-TAY ke-khol-ha-to-RA a-SHER tsi-vi-TI et-a-vo-te-KHEM va-a-SHER sha-lakh-TI a-le-KHEM be-YAD a-va-DAY han-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The parallel imperatives shuvu {שֻׁבוּ | šûḇû} “turn back” and veshimru {וְשִׁמְרוּ | wə-šimrû} “keep” contrast repentance with obedience.
In context — 2 Kings 17:13
And the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, “Turn back from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes , according to all the law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you through my servants the prophets.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:13:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 2 Kings 17:13, so the Hebrew word שֻׁ֜֠בוּ (shuvu) 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 Kgs.17.13.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.13.W10.S1) and character.