וְ/שַׁבְתֶּ֞ם

𐤅/𐤔𐤁𐤕𐤌

veshavetem

then you shall return

a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

H7725

Joshua 1:15 · Word #17

Lexicon H7725

Lemmaשׁוּב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤔𐤅𐤁
Transliterationshûwb
Strong'sH7725
In-contextthen you shall return

Morphology HC/Vqq2mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H7725-159

and you shall turn back

Morphological NotesConjunction וְ + Qal perfect 2nd masculine plural of שׁוּב; in narrative or prophetic sequence this form often functions as a waw-consecutive, expressing future or sequential action: "and you shall/will turn back."
Rendering RationaleThe root שׁוּב fundamentally means "to turn back" or "to return," conveying a reversal of direction or state. The form is Qal with prefixed conjunction and 2nd masculine plural marking, so the rendering "you shall turn back" preserves both the active sense of the root and the masculine plural addressees within a sequential (waw-linked) context.

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Words from Root שׁוּב (turning back, returning, reversing direction, restoration, repentance)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H7725-02 ashivekha I will cause you to turn back
H7725-03 ashivenah I will cause her to turn back
H7725-05 ashuv I will turn back

Word Usage (1073 occurrences of H7725)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 3:19 שֽׁוּבְ/ךָ֙ shuvekha your return
Genesis 3:19 תָּשֽׁוּב tashuv you shall return
Genesis 8:3 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֧בוּ vayashuvu and receded
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