2 Samuel 15:25:42 Sam.15.25.W4TAB
הָשֵׁ֛ב
hashev
“return”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHEV
- Extended
- haa-SHEEV
- IPA
- /hɔːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHEV
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR im-em-TSA KHEN be-e-NE Ye-ho-VAH ve-he-shi-VA-ni ve-hir-A-ni o-TO ve-et-na-VE-hu
Exegesis
The Hifil imperative hā-šēv {הָשֵׁ֛ב | hā-šēv} ‘return’ takes ʾeṯ {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} as its direct object marker, governing ʾărōn {אֲר֥וֹן | ʾărōn} ‘ark’ and hā-ʾĕlōhîm {הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | hā-ʾĕlōhîm} ‘of God.’
Root and etymology
שׁ-ו-ב
“to return, restore”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:25
And the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD , then He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:25, so the Hebrew word הָשֵׁ֛ב (hashev) 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 Sam.15.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.25.W4.S1) and character.