Hosea 14:2:4Hos.14.2.W4TABWLC Hosea 14:3
וְשׁ֖וּבוּ
veshuvu
“and return”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHU-vu
- Extended
- veh-SHOO-voo
- IPA
- /vəˈʃuːvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-SHU-vu
- clause
KE-khu i-MA-khem de-va-RIM ve-SHU-vu el-Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
KE-khu i-MA-khem de-va-RIM ve-SHU-vu el-Ye-ho-VAH im-RU e-LAV kol-ti-SA a-VON ve-KAKH-TOV u-ne-shal-MA fa-RIM se-fa-TE-nu
Exegesis
The verse is structured by a sequence of plural imperatives—kechu {קְחוּ | qə-ḥû} ‘take’, veshuvu {וְשׁוּבוּ | wə-šû-ḇû} ‘return’, and imru {אִמְר֣וּ | ʾim-rû} ‘say’—which guides the audience from gathering words to embodied repentance and then to direct address.
Root and etymology
consonantsshin–vav–bet
“to turn back, return”
In context — Hosea 14:2
Take words with you and return to the LORD . Say to Him, “Take away all iniquity and accept what is good; and we will repay with bulls of our lips.”
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Hosea 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְשׁ֖וּבוּ (veshuvu) 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 Hos.14.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.2.W4.S1) and character.