שב
Aramaic
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editשב • (transliteration needed) f
Hebrew
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שׁ־ו־ב (sh-w-b) |
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁 (ṯb, “to return”).
Verb
editשָׁב • (sháv) (pa'al construction) (intransitive)
- to return (to go back to a place or person)
- Tanach, Exodus 4:19, with translation of the King James Version:
- לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם
- lech shuv mitsráyim
- Go, return into Egypt
- to return (to go back in narration, argument, or thought)
- to repent
- Mishneh Torah, Laws of Repentance 2:1, with translation by Wikisource:
- ואם לא שב אלא בימי זקנותו, ובעת שאי אפשר לו לעשות מה שהיה עושה, אף על פי שאינה תשובה מעולה, מועלת היא לו ובעל תשובה הוא
- And if he only repented in the days of his old age, and in a time that he it is not able to do what he has done – although it is not superb repentance, it is helpful for him and he is a repentant.
- Mishneh Torah, Laws of Repentance 2:1, with translation by Wikisource:
Conjugation
editConjugation of שָׁב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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past | first | שַׁבְתִּי | שַׁבְנוּ | ||
second | שַׁבְתָּ | שַׁבְתְּ | שַׁבְתֶּם | שַׁבְתֶּן | |
third | שָׁב | שָׁבָה | שָׁבוּ | ||
present | שָׁב | שָׁבָה | שָׁבִים | שָׁבוֹת | |
future | first | אָשׁוּב | נָשׁוּב | ||
second | תָּשׁוּב | תָּשׁוּבִי | תָּשׁוּבוּ | תשובנה / תָּשֹׁבְנָה1 | |
third | יָשׁוּב | תָּשׁוּב | יָשׁוּבוּ | תשובנה / תָּשֹׁבְנָה1 | |
imperative | שׁוּב | שׁוּבִי | שׁוּבוּ | שובנה / שֹׁבְנָה1 | |
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Synonyms
edit- חָזַר (khazár) (more common now)
Derived terms
edit- הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב (halókh vashóv)
Etymology 2
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י־שׁ־ב (y-sh-b) |
Verb
editשֵׁב • (shév)
- Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב (yasháv).