Job 16:22:5Job.16.22.W5TAB
לֹא־אָשׁ֣וּב
loashuv
“I will not return”
- Transliteration
- lo-a-SHUV
- Extended
- loh-ah-SHOOV
- IPA
- /loː.ʔaːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will not return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
lo-a-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
lo-a-SHUV e-he-LOKH
- clause
ve-O-rakh lo-a-SHUV e-he-LOKH
- sentence
ki-she-NOT mis-PAR ye-e-TA-yu ve-O-rakh lo-a-SHUV e-he-LOKH
Exegesis
The sequence lo-ashuv ehelekh {לֹא־אָשׁ֣וּב אֶהֱלֹֽךְ | lōʾ-ʾāšûḇ ʾĕhĕlōḵ} combines negation with two imperfects, creating a stark movement-and-nonreturn pattern; the “going” is framed as irreversible. English reorders the clause so that “path/road” naturally governs the relative idea “from which I will not return,” while retaining the poetic finality of the Hebrew.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־בShin–Vav–Bet
“to turn back, return”
In context — Job 16:22
For only a numbered span of years will come, and I will go on the path from which I will not return.
About this coordinate
Job 16:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:22, so the Hebrew word לֹא־אָשׁ֣וּב (loashuv) 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.16.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.22.W5.S1) and character.