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
| 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
SHUV
- clause
LO-ya-a-MIN SHUV mi-NI-KHO-shekh
- 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 context — Job 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.