Jeremiah 18:8:1Jer.18.8.W1TAB
וְשָׁב֙
veshav
“and turns back or returns”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAV
- Extended
- veh-SHAAV
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- and turns back or returns
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHAV
- clause
ve-SHAV ha-GOY ha-HU me-ra-a-TO a-SHER di-bar-TI a-LAV
- sentence
ve-SHAV ha-GOY ha-HU me-ra-a-TO a-SHER di-bar-TI a-LAV ve-ni-kham-TI al-ha-ra-A a-SHER kha-shav-TI la-a-SOT LO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the waw-consecutive Qal perfect verb ve-shav {וְשָׁב֙ | wə-šāv} ‘turns’, forming the protasis of a conditional sentence.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–waw–bet
“to turn, return, repent”
In context — Jeremiah 18:8
And if that nation turns from its evil , which I have spoken concerning it, then I will relent concerning the evil which I intended to do to it.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 18:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Jeremiah 18:8, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁב֙ (veshav) 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 Jer.18.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.18.8.W1.S1) and character.