2 Samuel 16:8:12 Sam.16.8.W1TAB
הֵשִׁיב֩
heshiv
“he has returned or repaid”
- Transliteration
- he-SHIV
- Extended
- heh-SHEEV
- IPA
- /heːˈʃiːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- he has returned or repaid
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
he-SHIV
- phraseyour reading level
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH
- clause
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha
- sentence
he-SHIV a-LE-kha ye-ho-VAH KOL de-ME BET-sha-UL a-SHER ma-LAKH-ta ta-KHA-to ta-KHE-taiv va-yit-TEN ye-ho-VAH et-ha-me-lu-KHA be-YAD av-sha-LOM be-NE-kha ve-hin-NE-kha be-ra-a-TE-kha KI ISH da-MIM a-TA
Exegesis
The verse begins with heshiv {הֵשִׁיב | hē-šîḇ} ‘has repaid’, a causative perfect that frames divine retribution.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–vav–bet
“to return, bring back”
In context — 2 Samuel 16:8
The LORD has repaid you for all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you reigned, and has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And now you stand in your calamity, because you are a bloodstained man.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 16:8, so the Hebrew word הֵשִׁיב֩ (heshiv) 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.16.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.8.W1.S1) and character.