2 Samuel 17:3:42 Sam.17.3.W4TAB
כְּשׁ֣וּב
keshuv
“as the returning”
- Transliteration
- ke-SHUV
- Extended
- keh-SHOOV
- IPA
- /kəˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the returning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
ke-SHUV ha-KOL
- clause
ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
- sentence
ve-a-SHI-va khol-ha-AM e-LE-kha ke-SHUV ha-KOL ha-ISH a-SHER a-TA me-vak-KESH khol-ha-AM yih-ye-YE sha-LOM
Exegesis
The phrase kešuv hakol {כְּשׁוּב הַכֹּל | kə-šūḇ hā-kōl} functions as a conditional temporal clause (‘when all returns’), introduced by ke-‘as/when’.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־ב
“to return”
In context — 2 Samuel 17:3
And I will bring back all the people to you; when the man whom you seek returns , all the people will be at peace .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 17:3, so the Hebrew word כְּשׁ֣וּב (keshuv) 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.17.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.3.W4.S1) and character.