Genesis 16:9:5Gen.16.9.W5TAB
שׁ֖וּבִי
shuvi
“return”
- Transliteration
- SHU-vi
- Extended
- SHOO-vee
- IPA
- /ˈʃuː.viː/
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
SHU-vi
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH SHU-vi el-ge-vir-TEKH
- sentence
va-YO-mer LAH mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH SHU-vi el-ge-vir-TEKH ve-hit-a-NI TA-khat ya-DE-ha
Exegesis
Within the quotation, the imperative shubi {שׁ֖וּבִי | šû-bî} ‘return’ directs a second person feminine singular subject to relocate.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-vav-bet
“to turn back, return”
In context — Genesis 16:9
The angel of the LORD said to her, “Go back to your mistress and submit yourself under her hands.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 16:9, so the Hebrew word שׁ֖וּבִי (shuvi) 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.16.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.9.W5.S1) and character.