וְשָׁ֥בוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשָׁ֥בוּ

   ve-sha-VU

   {And} return
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְשָׁ֥בוּ מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

   ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA

   {And} return to Egypt
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י אָמַ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים פֶּֽן־יִנָּחֵ֥ם הָעָ֛ם בִּרְאֹתָ֥ם מִלְחָמָ֖ה וְשָׁ֥בוּ מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

   KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA

   for God {He} said lest reconsider the people when they see war {And} return to Egypt
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֗י בְּשַׁלַּ֣ח פַּרְעֹה֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וְלֹא־נָחָ֣ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים דֶּ֚רֶךְ אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים כִּ֥י קָר֖וֹב ה֑וּא כִּ֣י אָמַ֣ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים פֶּֽן־יִנָּחֵ֥ם הָעָ֛ם בִּרְאֹתָ֥ם מִלְחָמָ֖ה וְשָׁ֥בוּ מִצְרָֽיְמָה׃

   va-ye-HI be-sha-LAKH par-O ET-ha-AM ve-lo-na-KHAM e-lo-HIM DE-rekh E-rets pe-lish-TEEM KI ka-ROV HU KI a-MAR e-lo-HIM pen-yin-na-KHEM ha-AM bir-o-TAM mil-kha-MA ve-sha-VU mits-rai-MA

   {And} it happened Pharaoh when sending away the people God {And He} did not lead way of land of Philistines for near it for God {He} said lest reconsider the people when they see war {And} return to Egypt

Exegesis

The narrative closes with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect veshevu {וְשָׁ֥בוּ | wə-šāḇû} ‘and they returned’ plus the directional suffix mitsraymah {מִצְרָֽיְמָה | miṣraymah} ‘to Egypt’, illustrating divine strategic foresight.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־ו־בshin–vav–bet

“to return”