שב
Hebrew
Etymology 1
| Root |
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| שׁ־ו־ב |
Verb
שָׁב • (sháv) (pa'al construction)
(intransitive)
- to return (to go back to a place or person).
- Exodus 4:19, with translation of the King James Version:
- לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם
- lech shuv mitsráyim
- Go, return into Egypt
- לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם
- Exodus 4:19, with translation of the King James Version:
- 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
Conjugation of שָׁב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
| non-finite forms |
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| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| 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
- חָזַר (khazár) (more common now)
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