Genesis 18:14:5Gen.18.14.W5TAB
אָשׁ֥וּב
ashuv
“I will return”
- Transliteration
- a-SHUV
- Extended
- ah-SHOOV
- IPA
- /ʔaː.ˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHUV e-LE-kha
- clause
la-mo-ED a-SHUV e-LE-kha ka-ET khai-YA u-le-sa-RA VEN
- sentence
ha-yip-pa-LE me-ye-ho-VAH da-VAR la-mo-ED a-SHUV e-LE-kha ka-ET khai-YA u-le-sa-RA VEN
Exegesis
The following sequence begins with lamoed {לַמּוֹעֵד | lam-mô-ʿēḏ} ‘at the appointed time’, introducing a future temporal clause, followed by ashuv {אָשׁוּב | ʾā-šûḇ} ‘I will return’ and the indirect object eilekha {אֵלֶיךָ | ʾê-le-ḵā} ‘to you’.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Vav–Bet
“to return, turn back”
In context — Genesis 18:14
Is anything too extraordinary for the LORD ? At the appointed time I will return to you, at the time of life, and Sarah will have a son.
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:14, so the Hebrew word אָשׁ֥וּב (ashuv) 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.18.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.14.W5.S1) and character.