Joshua 23:12:3Josh.23.12.W3TAB
תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ
tashuvoo
“you return”
- Transliteration
- ta-shu-VOO
- Extended
- taa-shoo-VOO
- IPA
- /ʔimˈʃoːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- you return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-shu-VOO
- phraseyour reading level
KI IM-SHOV ta-shu-VOO
- clause
KI IM-SHOV ta-shu-VOO u-de-vak-TEM be-YE-ter ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le it-KHEM
- sentence
KI IM-SHOV ta-shu-VOO u-de-vak-TEM be-YE-ter ha-go-YIM ha-E-le ha-nish-a-RIM ha-E-le it-KHEM ve-hit-khat-an-TEM ba-HEM u-va-TEM ba-HEM ve-HEM ba-KHEM
Exegesis
The infinitive absolute shov {שׁוֹב | šôv} ‘return’ preceding the imperfect tashuvu {תָּשׁוּבוּ | tāšūḇū} ‘you return’ heightens the action.
Root and etymology
ש־ו־ב
“to return”
In context — Joshua 23:12
For if you again turn back and cling to the remainder of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry with them and associate with them, and they with you.
About this coordinate
Joshua 23:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 23:12, so the Hebrew word תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ (tashuvoo) 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.23.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.23.12.W3.S1) and character.