2 Samuel 20:22:182 Sam.20.22.W18TAB
שָׁ֥ב
shav
“returned”
- Transliteration
- SHAV
- Extended
- SHAAV
- IPA
- /ʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- returned
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAV
- phraseyour reading level
SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im
- clause
ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHA el-KOL-ha-AM be-kha-kha-ma-TA va-yik-re-TU et-ROSH SHE-va ben-bikh-RI va-yash-li-KHU el-yo-AV va-yit-KA ba-sho-FAR va-ya-fu-TSU me-AL-ha-IR ISH le-o-ha-LAV ve-yo-AV SHAV ye-ru-sha-LA-im el-ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The final ve-Yo’av shav Yerushalayim el ha-melekh {וְיוֹאָ֛ב שָׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏יִם אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ} closes the narrative with Joab’s return to royal order, preserving the sequence of resolution and restoration.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:22
And the woman came to all the people with her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. Then he blew the trumpet , and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:22:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Samuel 20:22, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֥ב (shav) 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.20.22.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.22.W18.S1) and character.