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

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Result
הָ + שֵׁ֛ב
ha + shev
hashev

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-SHEV

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-tsa-DOK ha-SHEV et-a-khon ha-e-lo-HIM ha-IR

  3. 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 context2 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.