Ezekiel 14:6:9Ezek.14.6.W9TAB
שׁ֣וּבוּ
shuvu
“return”
- Transliteration
- SHU-vu
- Extended
- SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /ˈʃuːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHU-vu
- phraseyour reading level
SHU-vu ve-ha-SHI-vu
- clause
la-KHEN e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHU-vu ve-ha-SHI-vu me-AL gil-lu-LE-khem
- sentence
la-KHEN e-MOR el-BET yis-ra-EL KO a-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI SHU-vu ve-ha-SHI-vu me-AL gil-lu-LE-khem u-me-AL kal-to-a-vo-TE-khem ha-SHI-vu pe-NE-khem
Exegesis
wə-hā-šî-vū {שׁוּבוּ … וְהָשִׁיבוּ | šû-vū … wə-hā-šî-vū} use Qal and Hiphil to stress both inward repentance and outward renunciation. The prepositional phrases mê-ʿal gillûlê-kem …
Root and etymology
Rootsh-w-b
“to return”
In context — Ezekiel 14:6
Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD : Return and turn back from your idols , and from all your abominations turn your faces away.’
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 14:6, so the Hebrew word שׁ֣וּבוּ (shuvu) 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 Ezek.14.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.6.W9.S1) and character.