Numbers 32:18:2Num.32.18.W2TAB
נָשׁ֖וּב
nashuv
“return”
- Transliteration
- na-SHUV
- Extended
- naa-SHUUV
- IPA
- /naːˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
na-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
LO na-SHUV
- clause
LO na-SHUV el-ba-TEI-nu
- sentence
LO na-SHUV el-ba-TEI-nu AD hit-na-KHEL be-NEI yis-ra-EL ISH na-kha-la-TO
Exegesis
The clause begins with the emphatic negative lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ immediately followed by the first person plural imperfect nashuv {נָשׁוּב | nāšûwḇ} ‘we will return,’ forming a strong vow of nonaction.
Root and etymology
sh-w-bshin-vav-bet
“to return”
In context — Numbers 32:18
We will not return to our homes until each of the sons of Israel receives his inheritance .
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 32:18, so the Hebrew word נָשׁ֖וּב (nashuv) 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.32.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.18.W2.S1) and character.