Jeremiah 22:27:5Jer.22.27.W5TAB
לָשׁ֣וּב
lashuv
“to return”
- Transliteration
- la-SHUV
- Extended
- laa-SHOOV
- IPA
- /laːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
la-SHUV SHAM
- clause
ve-AL-ha-A-rets a-SHER-HEM me-na-se-IM et-naf-SHAM la-SHUV SHAM
- sentence
ve-AL-ha-A-rets a-SHER-HEM me-na-se-IM et-naf-SHAM la-SHUV SHAM SHA-ma LO ya-SHU-vu
Exegesis
The relative marker asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ links this to the participle menasseim {מְנַשְּׂאִים | mə-nas-śə-ʾîm} ‘lifting up’, a Piel form that intensifies desire directed toward the infinitive lashuv {לָשׁוּב | lā-šûḇ} ‘to return’, indicating purpose.
Root and etymology
š-w-bshin–vav–bet
“to return, turn back”
In context — Jeremiah 22:27
But concerning the land to which they are lifting up their soul to return, they shall not return.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 22:27:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Jeremiah 22:27, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֣וּב (lashuv) 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.22.27.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.22.27.W5.S1) and character.