Judges 20:48:3Judg.20.48.W3TAB
שָׁ֣בוּ
shavu
“turned back”
- Transliteration
- sha-VU
- Extended
- shaa-VOO
- IPA
- /ʃaˈvuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- turned back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
sha-VU
- phraseyour reading level
sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN
- clause
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA GAM kal-he-a-RIM ha-nim-tse-OT shil-KHU va-ESH
Exegesis
A vav-consecutive sequence with shāḇû {שָׁ֣בוּ | šāḇû} ‘they returned’ and wayyakūm {וַּיַּכּ֣וּם | wayyakūm} ‘and they struck them’ drives the narrative.
In context — Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel returned against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the sword —men and livestock of each city; then they burned every city they found.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:48:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 20:48, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֣בוּ (shavu) 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.20.48.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.48.W3.S1) and character.