Isaiah 19:22:6Isa.19.22.W6TAB

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙

veshavu

and they will return

Transliteration
ve-sha-VU
Extended
veh-shaa-VOO
IPA
/vəʃɔːˈvuː/

Meaning by language

English
and they will return

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Result
וְ + שָׁ֙ + בוּ֙
ve + sha + vu
veshavu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sha-VU

  2. clause

    ve-sha-VU ad-ye-ho-VAH ve-ne-tar la-HEM u-re-FA-am

  3. sentence

    ve-na-GAF ye-ho-VAH ET-mits-RA-yim na-GOF ve-ra-FO ve-sha-VU ad-ye-ho-VAH ve-ne-tar la-HEM u-re-FA-am

Exegesis

In the next clause, veshavu {וְשָׁבוּ֙ | wə-šā-vû} ‘and they will return’ takes ad {עַד־ | ʿad} ‘to’ with YHWH {יְהוָ֔ה | Yə-hō-wāh} as its goal, marking repentance.

In contextIsaiah 19:22

And the LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing; and they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated for them and heal them.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 19:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 19:22, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ (veshavu) 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 Isa.19.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.19.22.W6.S1) and character.