Numbers 22:34:17Num.22.34.W17TAB
אָשׁ֥וּבָה
ashuva
“I will turn back”
- Transliteration
- a-shu-VA
- Extended
- aa-shoo-VAH
- IPA
- /ʔaʃuˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will turn back
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-shu-VA
- phraseyour reading level
a-shu-VA LI
- clause
ve-a-TA im-RA be-ei-NE-kha a-shu-VA LI
- sentence
va-YO-mer bil-AM el-mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH kha-ta-TI KI LO ya-dat-TI KI a-TA nits-AV lik-ra-TI ba-da-REKH ve-a-TA im-RA be-ei-NE-kha a-shu-VA LI
Exegesis
The temporal marker wə-’aṭtāh {וְעַתָּ֛ה | wə-’aṭtāh} ‘and now’ introduces the conditional ’im-rāʿ bə-’ênêḵā ’āšūwᵊbā lî {אִם־רַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ אָשׁוּבָה לִּי | ’im-rāʿ bə-’ênêḵā ’āšūwᵊbā lî} ‘if it displeases you, I will return’, closing with a cohortative offering submission. The English shift to subject-verb-object clarifies Balaam’s proposal.
In context — Numbers 22:34
And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD , "I have sinned , for I did not know that you were standing to meet me on the road. Now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will turn back."
About this coordinate
Numbers 22:34:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Numbers 22:34, so the Hebrew word אָשׁ֥וּבָה (ashuva) 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.22.34.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.34.W17.S1) and character.