2 Samuel 15:27:72 Sam.15.27.W7TAB
שֻׁ֥בָה
shuva
“return”
- Transliteration
- shu-VA
- Extended
- shuh-VAA
- IPA
- /ʃuˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shu-VA
- phraseyour reading level
shu-VA ha-IR
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM
Exegesis
The imperative shuvah {שֻׁ֥בָה | šuvvāh} with the prepositional phrase ha-ir be-shalom {הָעִ֖יר בְּשָׁל֑וֹם | hāʼîr bĕ-šālôm} issues a command specifying location and manner.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:27
And the king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace , and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word שֻׁ֥בָה (shuva) 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.15.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W7.S1) and character.