Numbers 23:5:7Num.23.5.W7TAB
שׁ֥וּב
shuv
“return”
- Transliteration
- SHUV
- Extended
- SHUUV
- IPA
- /ʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 el-ba-LAK
- clause
va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER
- sentence
va-YA-sem Ye-ho-VAH da-VAR be-FI vil-AM va-yo-MER SHUV el-ba-LAK ve-KOH te-da-BER
Exegesis
The imperative shuv {שׁוּב | šûḇ} ‘Return’ issues a divine command, and the formulaic veko tedabber {וְכֹה תְדַבֵּר | wə-ḵô təḏabber} ‘and thus you shall speak’ marks prophetic transmission. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew word order and divine speech structure while conveying the prophetic directive.
Root and etymology
š-w-bshin-waw-bet
“to return”
In context — Numbers 23:5
Then the LORD put a word in the mouth of Balaam, and He said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Numbers 23:5, 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.23.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.5.W7.S1) and character.