Deuteronomy 24:13:1Deut.24.13.W1TAB
הָשֵׁב֩
hashev
“You shall surely return”
- Transliteration
- ha-SHEV
- Extended
- haa-SHEEV
- IPA
- /haːˈʃeːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall surely return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-SHEV
- phraseyour reading level
ha-SHEV ta-SHIV LO ET-ha-a-VOT
- clause
ha-SHEV ta-SHIV LO ET-ha-a-VOT ke-VO ha-SHE-mesh ve-sha-KHAV be-sal-ma-TO u-ve-ra-KHE-kha
- sentence
ha-SHEV ta-SHIV LO ET-ha-a-VOT ke-VO ha-SHE-mesh ve-sha-KHAV be-sal-ma-TO u-ve-ra-KHE-kha u-le-KHA tih-YE tse-da-KA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
The verse opens with an emphatic charge using the hifil imperative plus infinitive absolute hashev tashiv {הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁב | hā-šêv tā-šîv} ‘you must surely return’.
In context — Deuteronomy 24:13
You must surely return the pledge to him at sunset so that he may lie down in his garment and bless you, and that will count as righteousness for you before the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 24:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 24:13, so the Hebrew word הָשֵׁב֩ (hashev) 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.24.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.24.13.W1.S1) and character.