Numbers 14:3:16Num.14.3.W16TAB
שׁ֥וּב
shuv
“to return”
- Transliteration
- SHUV
- Extended
- SHOOV
- IPA
- /ʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- to return
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
- clause
ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
- sentence
ve-la-MAH Ye-ho-VAH me-vi o-ta-NU el-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT lin-POL ba-KHE-rev na-SHE-nu ve-ta-PE-nu yih-YU la-VAZ ha-LO TOV la-NU SHUV mits-ra-Y-ma
Exegesis
The verse closes with the rhetorical question halo tov lanu shuv mitsraymah {הֲל֧וֹא טוֹב לָנוּ שׁוּב מִצְרָיְמָה | ha-lōʾ ṭôv lā-nû šûḇ miṣ-rā-ya-mah} “is it not good for us to return to Egypt?” using the infinitive šûḇ to express volition. The sequence of clauses, maqqef linkage, and rhetorical question highlight Israel’s doubt and desire amid divine guidance.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Waw-Bet
“to return”
In context — Numbers 14:3
And why is the LORD bringing us to this land to fall by the sword and to have our wives and our little ones become plunder? Would it not be good for us to return to Egypt?
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Numbers 14:3, so the Hebrew word שׁ֥וּב (shuv) 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 Num.14.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.3.W16.S1) and character.