Hosea 14:4:2Hos.14.4.W2TABWLC Hosea 14:5

מְשׁוּבָתָ֔ם

meshuvatam

their turning back or apostasy

Transliteration
me-shu-va-TAM
Extended
meh-shoo-vah-TAM
IPA
/məʃuːvaːˈtɑːm/

Meaning by language

English
their turning back or apostasy

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מְ + שׁוּ + בָ + תָ֔ם
me + shu + va + tam
meshuvatam

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Qametslong 'ah'
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    me-shu-va-TAM

  2. clause

    e-re-PA me-shu-va-TAM o-ha-VEM ne-da-VA

  3. sentence

    e-re-PA me-shu-va-TAM o-ha-VEM ne-da-VA KI SHAV a-PI mi-me-NU

Root and etymology

consonantsshin–vav–bet

to turn back, return

In contextHosea 14:4

I will heal their backslidings ; I will love them freely, because My anger has turned away from him.

About this coordinate

Hosea 14:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Hosea 14:4, so the Hebrew word מְשׁוּבָתָ֔ם (meshuvatam) 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.14.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.4.W2.S1) and character.