Genesis 15:16:3Gen.15.16.W3TAB
יָשׁ֣וּבוּ
yashuvu
“they will return”
- Transliteration
- ya-SHU-vu
- Extended
- yah-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /jaːˈʃuː.vuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they will return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ya-SHU-vu
- phraseyour reading level
ya-SHU-vu HEN-na
- clause
ve-DOR re-vi-I ya-SHU-vu HEN-na
- sentence
ve-DOR re-vi-I ya-SHU-vu HEN-na KI lo-sha-LEM a-VON ha-e-mo-RI ad-HEN-na
Exegesis
This noun phrase precedes the verb yashuvu {יָשׁ֣וּבוּ | yā-šû-bû} ‘they will return’, creating a clause with preverbal subject: “and a fourth generation will return.”
Root and etymology
š-w-ḇ
“to turn back”
In context — Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 15:16, so the Hebrew word יָשׁ֣וּבוּ (yashuvu) 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 Gen.15.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.16.W3.S1) and character.