Ruth 1:16:5Ruth.1.16.W5PAT

לָשׁ֣וּב

lashuv

to turn back

Transliteration
la-SHUV
Extended
laa-SHOOV
IPA
/laːˈʃuːv/

Meaning by language

English
to turn back
French
de revenir
Spanish
para volver
Portuguese
para voltar
German
umzukehren
Russian
вернуться
Arabic-Simplified
للرجوع
Hindi
लौटने के लिए
Chinese-Simplified
回去
Korean
돌아가기
Indonesian
untuk kembali
Bengali
ফিরে যেতে
Tagalog
bumalik
Swahili
kurudi
Amharic
ለመመለስ
Yoruba
lati padà
Igbo
ịlaghachi
Twi
sane
Ewe
trɔ va

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Result
לָ + שׁ֣וּב
la + shuv
lashuv

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-SHUV

  2. phraseyour reading level

    la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH

  3. clause

    va-TO-mer ROOT al-tif-GE-ee-BEE leh-ahz-VEKH la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH

  4. sentence

    va-TO-mer ROOT al-tif-GE-ee-BEE leh-ahz-VEKH la-SHUV meh-ah-khah-RA-YIKH KI el-a-SHER TEL-khi e-LEKH u-va-a-SHER ta-LI-ni ah-LEEN a-MEKH a-MI ve-e-lo-ha-YIKH e-lo-HAI

In contextRuth 1:16

Ruth {And} said do not urge me to leave you to turn back from behind you for where you go I will go and where you lodge I will lodge your people my people and your God my God

About this coordinate

Ruth 1:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 1:16, so the Hebrew word לָשׁ֣וּב (lashuv) 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 Ruth.1.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.1.16.W5.S1) and character.