Deuteronomy 17:16:15Deut.17.16.W15TAB
לָשׁ֛וּב
lashuv
“to return”
- Transliteration
- la-SHUV
- Extended
- lah-SHOOV
- IPA
- /laˈʃuv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-SHUV
- clause
va-Ye-ho-VAH a-MAR la-KHEM LO to-si-FUN la-SHUV ba-DE-rekh ha-ZEH OD
- sentence
RAK lo-yar-BEH-LO su-SIM ve-LO-ya-SHIV ET-ha-AM mits-RAI-ma le-MA-an har-BOT SUS va-Ye-ho-VAH a-MAR la-KHEM LO to-si-FUN la-SHUV ba-DE-rekh ha-ZEH OD
Exegesis
The final prohibition tôsîp̄ûn lāšûv {תֹסִפ֗וּן לָשׁ֛וּב | tōsîp̄ûn lāšûv} with ba-dēreḵ ha-zeh ʿōd {בַּדֶּרֶךְ הַזֶּה עֽוֹד | ba-dēreḵ ha-zeh ʿōd} forbids repeated return by that specific route.
Root and etymology
š-w-bshin–vav–bet
“to return, turn back”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:16
Only he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the LORD has said to you, “You shall not return on this way again.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 17:16, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֛וּב (lashuv) 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 Deut.17.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.16.W15.S1) and character.