Joshua 22:23:4Josh.22.23.W4TAB
לָשׁ֖וּב
lashuv
“to turn away”
- Transliteration
- la-SHUV
- Extended
- laa-SHOOV
- IPA
- /laːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to turn away
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
- clause
liv-NOT la-NU miz-BE-akh la-SHUV me-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
liv-NOT la-NU miz-BE-akh la-SHUV me-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-IM-le-ha-a-LOT a-LAV o-LAH u-min-KHA ve-IM-la-a-SOT a-LAV ziv-KHEI she-la-MIM Ye-ho-VAH HU ye-va-KESH
Exegesis
The verse employs infinitive constructs sequentially—livnot {לִבְנוֹת | līḇnôṯ} ‘to build’, lashuv {לָשׁוּב | lāšûḇ} ‘to turn away’—to introduce a conditional protasis.
Root and etymology
Rootš-w-b
“return”
In context — Joshua 22:23
If we erected an altar for ourselves to turn away from following the LORD , or if we intended to offer upon it a burnt offering or a grain offering, or to bring peace offerings , then let the LORD Himself require it from us.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:23, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֖וּב (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 Josh.22.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.23.W4.S1) and character.