Job 15:22:2Job.15.22.W2TAB

שׁ֭וּב

shuv

to return

Transliteration
SHUV
Extended
SHOOV
IPA
/ˈʃuːv/

Meaning by language

English
to return

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHUV

  2. clause

    LO-ya-a-MIN SHUV mi-NI-KHO-shekh

  3. sentence

    LO-ya-a-MIN SHUV mi-NI-KHO-shekh ve-tsa-FO ve-tsa-FU-yi HU e-LEI-KHA-rev

Exegesis

The infinitive šûḇ {שׁ֭וּב | šûḇ} ‘to return’ functions as the verbal complement, expressing the content of what is not believed: the possibility of coming back.

Root and etymology

consonantsshin–vav–bet

to turn back

In contextJob 15:22

He does not believe he will return from darkness, and he is awaited for the sword.

About this coordinate

Job 15:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:22, so the Hebrew word שׁ֭וּב (shuv) 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 Job.15.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.22.W2.S1) and character.