Judges 19:3:8Judg.19.3.W8TAB
לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּ
lahashiva
“to bring her back”
- Transliteration
- la-ha-shi-VA
- Extended
- lah-hah-shih-VAA
- IPA
- /lahaʃiˈvaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to bring her back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-ha-shi-VA
- phraseyour reading level
le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA
- clause
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM
- sentence
va-ya-KAM i-SHA va-YE-lekh a-khe-RE-ha le-dab-BER al-li-BA le-ha-shi-VO la-ha-shi-VA ve-na-a-RO im-MO ve-TSE-med kha-mo-RIM va-te-vi-E-hu BET a-VI-ha va-yir-E-hu a-VI han-na-a-RA va-yis-MAKH lik-ra-TO
Exegesis
The paired hifil infinitives lə-ha-šî-wō {לְהַשִּׁיבוֹ | lə-ha-šî-wō} ‘to bring him back’ and la-hă-šî-wāh {לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּ | la-hă-šî-wāh} ‘to return her’ emphasize reciprocal restoration.
In context — Judges 19:3
Then her husband arose and went after her to speak to her heart , to bring her back, accompanied by his servant and a pair of donkeys. She led him into her father’s house, and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
About this coordinate
Judges 19:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:3, so the Hebrew word לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּ (lahashiva) 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 Judg.19.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.3.W8.S1) and character.