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STRONGS NUMBER H7725
Transliteration: shub
Phonetic Spelling: (shoob)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to turn back, return
Meaning: to turn back, in, to retreat, again
Word Summary
shub: to turn back, return
Original Word: שׁוּבTransliteration: shub
Phonetic Spelling: (shoob)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to turn back, return
Meaning: to turn back, in, to retreat, again
Strong's Concordance
break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, 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)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X 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, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7725. shub
שׁוּב1056 verb turn back, return (Late Hebrew id.; Hiph`il in MI8f. 12; Sabean התֿב תֿיב,, especially requite OsZMG xix (1865), 198 SabDenkmNo. 20, l. 1 HomChrest. 122 CISiv. 81, i. 9, etc.; Arabic return, so Aramaic תּוּב, ); —
Qal685 Perfect3masculine singular שָׁב Genesis 18:33 +, 3 feminine singular שָׁ֫בָה Ruth 1:15 +, וְשָׁבַת consecutive Ezekiel 46:17 (Ges§ 72o, but Co Toy Krae וְשֶׁבָה), 2 masculine singular שַׁבְתָּ Psalm 85:2, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשׁוּב Hosea 11:5 + often, יָשֻׁב Psalm 146:4; Lamentations 3:3, jussive יָשֹׁב Judges 7:3 +, וַיָּ֫שָׁב Genesis 26:18 +; 3 feminine plural תָּשֹׁבְןָ Ezekiel 16:55 (twice in verse), תְּשֻׁבֶינָה 16:55, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שׁוּב Genesis 31:3 +, שֻׁב Exodus 4:19; 1 Kings 18:43, שׁוּ֫בָה Hosea 14:2 +, feminine plural שֹׁבְנָה Ruth 1:8, 11, 12, etc.; Infinitive absolute שׁוֺב Genesis 8:3 +, construct שׁוּב Exodus 4:21 +, שֹׁב Joshua 2:16 (Ges§ 72q), etc.; Participle שָׁב Genesis 43:18 +, feminine singular שָׁבָ֫ה Ruth 1:22 +, etc.; passive construct שׁוּבֵי Micah 2:8; — turn back, return:
1 turn back, with מִן local Judges 3:19; 8:13, compare 7:3, with מֵאַחֲרֵי person, i.e. from following 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 19:21; Ruth 1:16, from pursuing 2 Samuel 2:26, 30; 1 Kings 22:33 2 Chronicles 18:32; with מִן of pursuit 1 Samuel 17:53; 23:28, compare 2 Chronicles 11:4; with אַחֲרֵי person, i.e. so as to follow 1 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 23:10; turn back in fear, מִן of thing Job 39:22 (of horse), כֹל מִמְּנֵי Proverbs 30:30 (of lion), so absolute (of foes) Psalm 6:11; Psalm 56:10; 70:4, in shame Lamentations 1:8; turn back and do so and so: Genesis 14:7; Exodus 14:2, compare Numbers 33:7 (עַל location, both P), Joshua 8:21 (E), 11:10 (J), 1 Chronicles 21:20, followed by infinitive 2 Chronicles 20:27; absolute turn back (face about) Cant 7:1 (4 t. in verse) (+ verb); = be repulsed, defeated Psalm 9:4; 74:21; figurative turn back, namely, from a promise or a vow Judges 11:35; with מִן of service Numbers 8:25 (P), i.e. be exempt.
2 return, come or go back, with מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 17:15 (opposed to הלד), 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Kings 18:14, מִן person Joshua 10:31 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם), מִן local, especially from foreign land 2 Kings 8:3; 2 Chronicles 10:2; Ruth 1:6, 22; 2:6; 4:3; Jeremiah 31:16; 40:12; 43:5; 44:28; Ezra 6:21; Nehemiah 8:17, מֵהַכּוֺת Genesis 14:17 (J E ?), 1 Samuel 17:57; 18:6; 2 Samuel 1:1; 8:13, מֵאַחֲרֵי i.e. from pursuing 1 Samuel 24:2 (Gi v.23:1); figurative, שׁ ׳לֹא חשֶׁךְ מִנִּי Job 15:22 (see חשֶׁךְ 3a); לָשַׁעַר מִשַּׁעַר זָשׁוּבוּ עִבְרוּ Exodus 32:27 (J), i.e. go back and forth from gate to gate, compare (absolute) participle as substantive וָשָׁב עֹבֵר Zechariah 7:14; 9:8 and (= all persons) Ezekiel 35:7; also וָשׁוֺב יָצוֺא וַיֵּצֵא Genesis 8:7 (J), וָשׁוֺב רָצוֺא Ezekiel 1:14 (strike out Hi Co Toy and others; yet see Krae); Genesis 8:3 (J) see הלד 4c (4).
3 especially return unto:
a. go back, אֶל person Numbers 23:5, 16 (JE), 2 Kings 1:6 ("" הָלַךְ, as often), Exodus 5:22 (J; ׳אֶליֿ), 32:31 (E; id), Numbers 17:15 (P), 2 Samuel 20:22 (+ accusative of location), Jeremiah 46:16 (both + אֶל location), + 17 t.; אֶל location also Genesis 21:32; 28:21 (both E), 2 Samuel 11:4; Hosea 5:15 (of ׳י), 2 Chronicles 19:1 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם, + ל person), Esther 2:14 (opposed to בּוֺא), 7:8 (+ מִן local), + 27 t.; of a dog ׳שׁ עַלקֵֿאוֺ Proverbs 26:11; ל location Genesis 18:33 (J), 1 Samuel 26:25; 29:4; 1 Kings 19:15 (+ ה- locative), Genesis 33:16 (J; לְדַרְכּוֺ, + id.), Psalm 7:8 (of ׳י), + 25 t.; ל person Ruth 1:10 (לְעַמֵךְ); ה+? Genesis 44:13 (J), Exodus 4:20-21, (R), 13:17 (E), + 5 t.; שָׁם (= שָׁ֫מָּה) Jeremiah 22:27; accusative of location also Hosea 8:13; 9:3; 1 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 3:27; 15:27 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם), 2 Kings 2:25 (+ מִן local), + 15 t.; accusative דֶּרֶךָ Ezekiel 46:9; accusative of person Numbers 10:36; אַחֲרֵי person Ruth 1:15; absolute 2 Samuel 3:16; 19:16 (+ בּוֺא), 1 Kings 18:43; Jeremiah 40:5 (< strike out ᵐ5 Gie Du), Ezekiel 7:13b (strike out ᵐ5 Co Krae and others) +; followed by verb, go back and do so and so, Genesis 43:2; 1 Samuel 1:19; 29:7 (בְּשָׁלוֺם וְלֵךְ שׁוּב), 1 Kings 13:22; 2 Chronicles 18:16 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם) +, (Jeremiah 42:10 read יָשׁוֺב Vrss and modern); followed by infinitive purpose Judges 14:8; 2 Samuel 6:20 10t.
b. come back, אֶל person Genesis 8:9 (J; + אֶל location), Exodus 24:14 (J), 1 Samuel 23:23 + 2 Samuel 17:3 (ᵐ5 Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu), 1 Kings 12:15 (opposed to הָלַךְ) + 9 t. + (in hostility) Judges 20:48; אֶל location also Zechariah 8:3 (subject ׳י); Joshua 22:32 (P) has מֵאֵת person + מִן local + אֶל location + אֶל person; אֶל of thing Ezekiel 7:13; עַל person Nehemiah 4:6; Micah 5:2 (be reunited to); עַל location 1 Kings 17:21-22, ל location Joshua 1:15 (R), Zechariah 1:16 (subject ׳י), 2 Chronicles 30:9 + (from exile) 5 t.; ל animal., Job 39:4; ה+? Genesis 15:16 (E), 50:14 (J); accusative of location 2 Chronicles 19:8; שָׁם Jeremiah 20:11 (opposed to יָצָא), שָׁ֫מָּה Jeremiah 20:27, הֵ֫נָּה 31:8; absolute Genesis 43:10 (J), 2 Samuel 10:5; 2 Kings 1:5; Isaiah 21:12 ("" אָתָה), Job 39:12 (Kt, so Bu Du; of wild ox), + often; + בְּשָׁלוֺם Judges 8:9; 1 Kings 22:28 (תָּשׁוּב שׁוֺב) = 2 Chronicles 18:27, 26; + verb, come back and do so and so, Deuteronomy 1:45; 30:8; Jeremiah 37:8; 1 Kings 19:7; 20:5; 2 Kings 9:36; Psalm 60:2 (title), compare Zechariah 4:1; Daniel 11:10, ׳שׁ לָשֶׁבֶת Numbers 35:32 (P), ׳שׁ לָלֶכֶת Ecclesiastes 5:14.
4. a. of dying, ׳שׁ אֶלֿ(הֶ)עָפָר Genesis 3:19 (twice in verse) (J), Psalm 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20, עַלעָֿפָר Job 34:15; ׳שׁ לְאַדְמָתוֺ Psalm 146:4, compare שָׁ֫מָּה אָשׁוּב (i.e. אִמּוֺ בֶּטֶן) Job 1:21 (see Di Bu, also Ecclesiastes 5:14); ׳שׁ לִשְׁא֑וֺלָה Psalm 9:18; so probably absolute 90:3 (> come back to life); of (human) dust, ׳שׁ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Ecclesiastes 12:7; breath, ׳שׁ אֶלהָֿאֱלֹהַים 12:7.
b. of revival from death, ׳שׁ לְבֵיתוֺ Job 7:10, absolute 10:21 (opposed to הָלַךְ), 16:22 (id.), Proverbs 2:19; also with אֶל person 2 Samuel 12:13.
5 figurative of human relations:
a. return to leader, king, אֶל person, Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:27 (twice in verse); to divorced wife Jeremiah 3:1 (opposed to הלד).
b. = change so as to approach (in purpose, desire), אֶלֿ person Jeremiah 15:9 (twice in verse).
c. turn, i.e. resort to, ל person Psalm 119:79.
d. return to a physical condition Job 33:25 (ל of thing); to a state or course of life, ל of thing Isaiah 23:17; Ezekiel 16:55 (3 t. in verse); Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 85:9 עַל of thing Jeremiah 11:10, הֲלוֺם Psalm 73:10 (but corrupt); ב Jeremiah 8:6 (Du reads שָׁט for שָׁב).
e. absolute = change course of action; from good to bad, וַיִּמְרָראבּוֺ וַיָּשָׁב 2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 34:11, 16; bad to good 34:15; so ׳שׁ alone Job 6:29 (twice in verse) (probably; read וְשׁוּבוּ, so Di Da Bu and others; other interpretations De Du and others).
f. passive participle = averse, מִלְחָמָה שׁוּבֵי Micah 2:8 (> We Now שְׁבִי spoil of war).
6 figurative, specifically of spiritual relations:
a. turn back from God, = apostatize, י ׳מֵאַחֲרֵי Numbers 14:43 (J), 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 9:6 (תְּשֻׁב֫וּן שׁוֺב), Jeremiah 3:19; Numbers 32:15; Joshua 22:16, 18, 23, 29 (all P); absolute (usually + verb) Judges 2:19; 8:33; Joshua 23:12 (RD), Jeremiah 8:4; Psalm 78:41; 2 Chronicles 7:19.
b. of ׳י, turn away, מֵאַחֲרֵי person Deuteronomy 23:15.
c. turn back to God (= seek penitently), ׳אֶליֿ Hosea 6:1; 7:10; 14:3; Jeremiah 3:7; 1 Kings 8:33, 48 (לֵבָב בְּכָלֿ), + 18 t.; אֶלאֱֿלֹהִים Hosea 5:4; Psalm 51:15, compare Isaiah 10:21; ׳עַליֿ2 Chronicles 15:4; 30:9; ׳עַדיֿ Amos 4:6, 8, 9, 10, 11; Hosea 14:2; Isaiah 9:12 5t.; עַדשַֿׁדַּי Job 22:23; ׳לי Isaiah 31:6, לִמְנוּחָ֑יְכְי ׳שׁ נַפְשִׁי Psalm 116:7; compare לַבַּעַל Hosea 7:16 (for עָל לֹא, Now, compare Marti); לְתוֺכַחְתִּי Proverbs 1:23 (probably strike out, see Toy).
d. absolute repent, Hosea 3:15; Hosea 11:5; Isaiah 6:10; 10:22; Jeremiah 3:7, 12, 14, 22; 4:1; 5:3 14t., + participle as substantive Isaiah 1:27.
e. turn back from evil, with מִן (especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel) 1 Kings 8:35; 13:33; Jeremiah 15:7; 18:8 8t. Jeremiah; Ezekiel 3:19; 13:22 12t. Ezekiel,+ 9 t.; compare פֶשַׁע שָׁבֵי Isaiah 59:20; מִן וְהָשִׁיבוּ שׁוּבוּ Ezekiel 18:30, so with מֵעַל 14:6; from good, with מִן, 3:20; 18:24, 26; 33:18.
f. of ׳שׁ אַמּוֺ מֵחֲרוֺן ׳י, Exodus 32:12 (JE), Deuteronomy 13:18; Joshua 7:26 (J), 2 Kings 23:26; Jonah 3:9; ׳שׁ אַףיֿ ׳מִמֶּנּוּ Hosea 14:5; Jeremiah 2:35; 4:8; Numbers 25:4 (P), 2 Chronicles 12:12; 29:10; 30:8, so (man's anger) Genesis 27:45 (J) and (absolute) 27:44 (E); absolute of ׳אַףיֿ Isaiah 5:25; 9:11; 9:16; 9:20; 10:4; 12:1; Jeremiah 23:20 (opposed to יָצָא 23:19), 30:24; Job 14:13; Daniel 9:16.
g. of ׳י, return (to shew favour), אֶל person Genesis 18:10 (+ infinitive absolute), 18:14; Zechariah 1:3; Malachi 3:7; 2 Chronicles 30:6, absolute Isaiah 63:17; Psalm 80:15 ("" מָּקַד הִבִּיט,), 90:13, + verb Jeremiah 12:15; Psalm 6:5; Joel 2:14; Jonah 3:9; also in hostility, + verb Joshua 24:20 (E), with infinitive purpose Hosea 11:9.
h. of ׳י, turn back from (מִן) judgment Jeremiah 4:28, אֱמֶת Psalm 132:11; מֵאַחֲרֵי person, i.e. cease to bless, Jeremiah 32:40.
7 of inanimate things (sometimes personified, or treated as things of life):
a. as perceptibly moving, water Genesis 8:3 (J; מֵעַל location), Joshua 4:18 (J; ל location), Exodus 14:26 (P; עַל person), 14:28 (P; + verb), Psalm 104:9 (ל infinitive), sea Exodus 14:27 (J; לְאֵיתָנוֺ); wind Psalm 78:39 (opposed to הלד), Ecclesiastes 1:6 (עַל location); shadow 2 Kings 20:9-10, (+ אֲחֹרַנִּית), "" Isaiah 38:8 (sun on dial), of breath (= revive) Judges 15:19; 1 Samuel 30:12 (אֶל person); clouds Ecclesiastes 12:2 (מִן temporal); rain and snow Isaiah 55:10 (ה locative); rolling stone Proverbs 26:27; sword 2 Samuel 1:22 (מִן of thing), Ezekiel 21:10, arrow Jeremiah 50:9; of plague-spot = re-appear, Leviticus 14:43 (P).
b. = be brought back, Genesis 43:18 (J), 1 Samuel 5:11 (ל location), hence be restored, ל person Ezekiel 46:17, so of kingdom 1 Kings 12:26, city 1 Samuel 7:14 (Ezekiel 35:9 see ישׁב
4), field Leviticus 27:24 (P); of animal Deuteronomy 28:31.
c. = be turned into, ל of thing, Isaiah 29:17; = be turned back into, עַד thing, Micah 1:7.
d. return, figurative of word, (1) Isaiah 45:23, with אֶל person 55:11 (both opposed to יָצָא); (2) Psalm 35:13 my prayer turned upon (עַל) my bosom (was uttered with bowed head, De Bae Du).
e. turn away, depart, of infamy Proverbs 25:10.
f. return (in recompense), of crime, evil, etc., with בְּראֹשׁ 1 Kings 2:33; Obadiah 15; Psalm 7:17, עַלרֿאֹשׁ Esther 9:25, ל person Psalm 54:7 (Kt; > Qr Hiph`il), Proverbs 12:14.
g. Psalm 94:15 judgement (-giving) shall return to (עַד) righteousness (be in accord therewith).
h. of boundary, = change (sometimes reverse) direction (P), ה+? Joshua 19:12 (+ מִן local), 19:34 (+ accusative of location), accusative of location also 19:27; 19:29 (+ עַד location), 19:29.
i. be restored to healthy condition, of withered hand 1 Kings 13:6 (twice in verse) (אֶל person), leprous hand Exodus 4:7 (J; with כ compare), flesh 2 Kings 5:10 (ל person), 5:14; Leviticus 13:16 ("" לְלָבָן נֶהְמַּךְ).
8 denoting repetition, etc. (Ges§ 120 d g): + verb, return (and) do = do again, Genesis 26:18; 30:31; Numbers 11:4 (all J), Judges 19:7; 1 Samuel 3:5-6, 1 Kings 13:33; 19:6; 2 Kings 1:11, 13; 19:9; 21:3 2 Chronicles 33:3; Jeremiah 18:4; 36:28; Zechariah 5:1; 6:1; Malachi 1:4; Job 10:16; 17:10; Psalm 7:13; Daniel 9:25, perhaps also 2 Chronicles 19:4; compare Isaiah 6:13 = it, in turn, shall be destroyed (destruction shall be repeated in its case), Lamentations 3:3 apparently = do repeatedly; ׳שׁ + Infinitive absolute Ecclesiastes 4:1, 7; 9:11; in comparative תִּרְאֶה תָּשׁוּב עוֺד Ezekiel 8:6 thou shalt see yet greater abominations, so 8:13 and (מִן compare) 8:15; ׳שׁ + Infinitive construct Deuteronomy 24:4; 30:9; Joshua 5:2 (RD), Jeremiah 36:28; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezra 9:14; Nehemiah 9:28; Job 7:7; Ecclesiastes 1:7; = reverse one's action, + verb Joshua 2:23 (E), Hosea 2:11; 2 Kings 13:25; Deuteronomy 30:3; Micah 7:19; Zechariah 8:15; Psalm 71:20 (twice in verse); 85:7; = restore to original condition by doing, + verb Deuteronomy 23:14.
9 transitive, peculiarly, in phrase שְׁבוּת ׳שׁ restore captivity of, etc., approximately 21 t. (see שְׁבוּת below שָׁבָה); ׳שׁ ׳י צִיּוֺן Isaiah 52:8, ׳שׁ with suffix person Psalm 85:5; elsewhere only י ׳וְשָׁב וגו יַעֲקֹב ׳אֶתגְּֿאוֺן Nahum 2:3, compare Hiph`il 6.
Po`el 1. bring back, Perfect1singular וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֫י, with accusative of person + אֶל location Jeremiah 50:19 (׳י subject), Infinitive construct suffix בְּשׁוֺבְבִי, with מִן local Ezekiel 39:27 and (figurative) לְשׁוֺבֵב, with אֶל person Isaiah 49:5; Imperfect2masculine singular לָנוּ תְּשׁוֺבֵב Psalm 60:3 = take us back into power.
2. a. figurative restore, refresh, 3 masculine singular יְשׁוֺבֵב נַפְשִׁי Psalm 23:3 (׳י subject); compare Hiph`il 2 b. b. restore, repair, Participle לָשָׁ֑בֶת נְתִיבוֺח מְשׁוֺבֵב Isaiah 58:12.
3 lead away (enticingly), Perfect1singular suffix (of Gog), ׳י subject, וְשׁוֺבַבְתִּיךָ Ezekiel 38:4 (strike out Co), ׳וְשׁ 39:2; so figurative 3feminine singular suffix שׁוֺבְבָ֑תֶךְ הִיא וְדַעְתֵךְ Isaiah 47:10 (of Babylonian ); — Jeremiah 50:6 see
Qal. 4. shew turning = apostatize (compare Hiph`il 8), Perfect3feminine singular שׁוֺבְבָה Jeremiah 8:5 (read שׁוֺבֵב, and strike out ירושׁלם, with ᵐ5). — See also שׁוֺבֵב infra.
Pu`lal Participle feminine מְשׁוֺבֶ֫בֶת Ezekiel 38:8 a land restored + מִן of thing. — See also שׁוֺבָב infra.
Hiph`il353 Perfect3masculine singular Genesis 41:13 +; suffix וַהֲשִׁיבְֱ 40:13, וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ Deuteronomy 28:68; 2masculine singular הֱשִׁיבוֺתָ Psalm 85:4, וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֫ Deuteronomy 4:39; 30:1, suffix וַהֲשֵׁיבוֺתָם2 Chronicles 6:25; 1 singular consecutive וַהֲשִׁיב֫וֺתִי Amos 1:8, וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֫י Numbers 22:8 +, suffix וְהוֺשְׁבוֺתִים Zechariah 10:6 (but read וַהֲשִׁבוֺתִים, see ישׁב
Hiph`il), etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יָשִׁיב Exodus 21:34 +, (read יָשִׁב Daniel 11:18-19, > Qr 11:18 יָשֵׂם), וַיָּ֫שֶׁב Genesis 20:14 +; suffix יְשִׁבֵנִי 2 Samuel 15:8 +, וַיְשִׁיבֵם2 Chronicles 19:4 + 1 Samuel 12:8 Vrss We Dr and others; 3 feminine plural תָּשֵׁבְנָה Job 20:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָשֵׁב Genesis 20:7 +, הָשֵׁיב 2 Kings 8:6, הָשַׁ֑ב Isaiah 42:22, so הָשַׁ֖ב Ezekiel 21:35 (see Ke and still Toy; Ew Sm Krae Infinitive absolute הָשֵׁב), הָשִׁיבָה Judges 11:13 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָשֵׁב Exodus 23:4 +; construct הָשִׁיב Genesis 42:35 +, etc.; Participle מֵשִׁיב 20:7 +, etc.; — cause to return, bring back:
1. a. with accusative of person + אֶל location Genesis 24:5 (J; אָשִׁיב הֶהָשֵׁב), 28:15 (J), 42:37 (E), 48:21 (E), +; especially from exile 1 Kings 8:34 2 Chronicles 6:25; Jeremiah 27:22 5t. Jeremiah; + אֶל person 1 Kings 22:26 2 Chronicles 18:25; + עַל location Jeremiah 16:15; 23:3; 24:6; + ל location 12:15; + accusative of location 2 Samuel 15:8 (read יְשִׁבֵנִי הָשֵׁב Vrss Th We Dr and others), Deuteronomy 28:68; Ezekiel 29:14; 47:6; 2 Chronicles 33:13, etc.; + מִן local Jeremiah 41:16; Zechariah 10:10, מֵאֵת person Jeremiah 41:16, מִן infinitive 2 Chronicles 25:13; accusative of person only Judges 19:3; 1 Kings 13:20, 23 +; bring back into bondage, etc., Jeremiah 34:11, 16; = allow to return 15:19; accusative of person + of thing (= recover, recapture), 28:6 (+ אֶל location, מִן local); = recover, rescue, Genesis 14:16 (accusative of person + thing), Psalm 35:17 (accusative מִן נַפְשִׁי, of thing); accusative of thing + אֶל person Genesis 44:8 (J), + עַל person Exodus 15:9 (song), Proverbs 20:26; + אֶל location 1 Kings 14:28 2 Chronicles 12:11; Jeremiah 28:3; 2 Chronicles 24:11; accusative of hand, אֶלמֶּֿה 1 Samuel 14:27; Proverbs 19:24; 26:15; especially of ׳יs hand, in judgment, followed by עַל Amos 1:8; Isaiah 1:25; Zechariah 13:7; Psalm 81:15, also of man's hand Jeremiah 6:9; Ezekiel 38:12; + accusative of location 2 Samuel 15:25, 29; + שָׁם Nehemiah 13:9; accusative of thing alone Genesis 43:12, 21 (both בְּיֶדְכֶם), 14:16 (= recapture), 1 Samuel 6:21; 30:19; 1 Kings 13:29 (corpse), Leviticus 26:26 (H); with accusative animal. 1 Samuel 6:7 (מֵאַחֲרֵי), Ezekiel 34:4, 16 (figurative); shadow on dial 2 Kings 20:11 = Isaiah 38:8. — Job 39:12 see
Qal 3 b. b. put back: accusative of thing, stone, הַבְּאֵר עַלמִּֿי Genesis 29:3 (J), veil עַלמָּֿנָיו Exodus 34:35 (P), Dagon לִמְקוֺמוֺ 1 Samuel 5:3, rod הָעֵדוּת לִפְנֵי Numbers 17:25 (P), sword, + אֶל of sheath, 1 Chronicles 21:27; Ezekiel 21:35 (accusative om); hand אֶלחֵֿיק Exodus 4:7 (twice in verse) (J; opposed to הוֺצִיא).
c. = draw back, hand Genesis 38:29 (J), 1 Kings 13:4 (opposed to שָׁלַךְ; + אֶל reflexive), Joshua 8:26 (E; opposed to נטה), so, figurative, ׳י subject Lamentations 2:3 (אָחוֺר מִמְּנֵי,), Psalm 74:11; with מִן = refrain from Lamentations 2:8; Ezekiel 18:8, 17 (i.e. from oppressing), 20:22 (מִן omitted); foot, with מִן Isaiah 58:13 (figurative); draw in breath Job 9:18.
d. = give back, restore, accusative of person or thing: + ל person Genesis 20:14 (E), 20:7 (E; accusative omitted), Exodus 23:4 (E; תָּשִׁיב הָשֵׁב), Deuteronomy 22:1 (id.; both accusative animal.), 24:13 (id.), Exodus 22:25 (E), Judges 17:3 (twice in verse); 17:4; 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 9:7; Deuteronomy 22:2 (P), Nehemiah 5:11, so 2 Samuel 16:3; 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1 (all accusative of kingdom), with accusative צְדָקָה Job 33:26; + אֶל person Genesis 37:22 (E; accusative of person); + אֶל location 42:25 (E); accusative of thing only, 2 Kings 8:6; Ezekiel 18:7 (read Infinitive absolute שׁוֺב for חוֺב, Co Toy Krae), 18:12; 33:15; Leviticus 5:33 (P), Numbers 5:7 (P; + בְּראֹשׁוֺ = in full), Psalm 69:5 (opposed to גָּזַל), so of land (or city) Judges 11:13; 1 Kings 20:34; Nehemiah 5:12, compare 2 Kings 14:28 (+ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל), 16:6 (+ לַאֲרָם); = win back 13:25; 14:22 (+ ל terr.) = 2 Chronicles 26:2, boundary (i.e. re-establish it) 2 Kings 14:25; restore ruined city Daniel 9:25 (+ לִבְנוֺת), conquered nation Psalm 80:4; 80:8; Psalm 80:20; joy, accusative + ל person 51:14. — 2 Samuel 8:3 see יָד
2 — Acc. person only, Genesis 20:7 (E), Isaiah 42:22; restore to office, accusative of person + עַל Genesis 40:13, 21 (E), אֶל location 2 Samuel 19:12, accusative of person only, 19:11; 19:13; 2 Samuel 19:44, compare Isaiah 1:26; = pay back money, Leviticus 25:27 (ל person), 25:51; 25:52.
e. = relinquish, with accusative of thing, Job 20:10.
f. = give in payment, requital, with accusative of thing + apposition 1 Samuel 6:8 (ל person), 6:17 (id.; compare טְחוֺד); also pay as tribute (in answer to demand), accusative of thing 2 Kings 17:3; Psalm 72:10, + ל person 2 Kings 3:4; 2 Chronicles 27:5; give in exchange Ezekiel 27:15.
g. bring one back (from dead) 2 Samuel 12:23, so with מִנִּי Job 33:20; on other hand, אֶלעָֿפָר 10:9 = מָוֶת (accusative) 30:23, compare עַדדַּֿכָּא Psalm 90:3.
2. a. bring back heart, עַל לֵב, person Malachi 3:24; י ׳הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ אֵלֶיךָ Lamentations 5:21 (< Bu retore, strike out אליד); אֶליֿ ׳הֵשִׁיב Nehemiah 9:26 (compare 9:29), 2 Chronicles 19:4; 24:19, also (מִן of evil) Jeremiah 23:22, absolute 31:18.
b. accusative נֶפֶשׁ = refresh Lamentations 1:11, 16, 19; Psalm 19:8; Proverbs 25:13; Ruth 4:15.
3 bring back words of people, ׳אֶליֿ Exodus 19:8 (E); then, in General, bring back word, דָּבָר, report to, + accusative of person Genesis 37:14; Numbers 13:26; 22:8 (all E), Deuteronomy 1:22, 25; Joshua 14:7 (RD), 22:32 (P), + 8 t; = answer 1 Samuel 17:30; 2 Samuel 3:11; 1 Kings 12:6 2 Chronicles 10:6 6t., + (accusative מִלִּין) Job 35:4; also (דָּבָר omitted) 13:22; 20:2; 33:5, 32; 2 Chronicles 10:16; Nehemiah 6:4 (הַזֶּה כַּדָּבָר); accusative אֲמָרִים + ל person Judges 5:29; Proverbs 22:21; later with ל person alone 1 Samuel 12:3; with clause oratio recta [direct speech], אֶל person Esther 4:13, 15; similar phrases, Ezekiel 9:11; Proverbs 18:13; 24:26; 26:16; Habakkuk 2:1; Job 31:14; 32:14 (Gi 32:15), 40:4.
4. a. bring back (in retribution, compare Qal 7 f) upon, subject often ׳י, accusative of evil, Judges 9:56, בְּראֹשׁ 9:5; 1 Samuel 25:39; 1 Kings 2:44; Joel 4:4, 7, עַלרֿאֹשׁ 2:32, אֶלרֿאֹשׁ Nehemiah 3:36; ל person Genesis 50:15 (E), 1 Samuel 6:3 (תָּשִׁיבוּ הָשֵׁב), 6:4; 25:31 (return evil for good), +, etc.; absolute = make requital, ל person 2 Chronicles 6:23 + (כ compare) Hosea 12:3; Proverbs 24:12, 29; with accusative of good, ל person 2 Samuel 16:12; 2Sam 26:23; Zechariah 9:12; with כ compare + ל person Psalm 18:21; 18:25 = 2 Samuel 22:21, 25, and (כ compare only) 2 Chronicles 32:25; requite ׳יs benefits, accusative of thing + ׳לי Psalm 116:12, compare Numbers 18:9 (P).
b. pay as recompense, יָשׁ ׳כֶּסֶף לִבְעָלָיו Exodus 21:34 (E); so (figurative) of ׳הֵשׁ לְ ננָקָם ׳י, Deuteronomy 32:41, 43, ׳לְהָשׁ אַמּוֺ בְּחֵמָה Isaiah 66:15.
5 turn back, backward = repel, defeat, with אֶתמְּֿנֵי 2 Kings 18:24 = Isaiah 36:9, accusative מִלְחָמָה 28:6, accusative of sword Psalm 89:44, accusative of person + אָחוֺר 44:11 (+ מִנִּי person), Isaiah 44:25 (figurative, = refute, confute), figurative of calamity Lamentations 1:13; = repulse, hinder Jeremiah 2:24, especially accusative Isaiah 14:27 (׳יַדיֿ), compare 43:13, Job 9:12; 11:10; 23:13; = reject, refuse, פ ׳(אֶתֿ)מְּנֵי 1 Kings 2:16-17, 20 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 6:42; Psalm 132:10.
6. a. turn away face, figurative, + מֵעַל of thing Ezekiel 14:6; accusative of person + מִן Malachi 2:6; anger of ׳י (accusative) + מֵעַל person Numbers 25:11 (P), Proverbs 24:18, מִן person Jeremiah 18:20; Ezra 10:14; accusative only, Job 9:13; Psalm 78:38; 106:23; accusative of human anger Proverbs 15:1; 29:8.
b. late, turn toward, accusative face, ל location Daniel 11:18-19, accusative foot, אֶל of thing Psalm 119:59 (figurative).
7 turn against, אֶלאֵֿל, with accusative רוּחֶ֑ךָ Job 15:43.
8 ׳הֵשׁ אֶללֵֿבָב bring back to mind, take into consideration, with accusative Lamentations 3:21, followed by clause with כִּי Deuteronomy 4:39 (compare Dr), object omitted 30:1; 1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Isaiah 44:19, + (עַל) 46:8.
9 פ ׳אֶתשְֿׁבוּת הֵשִׁיב Jeremiah 32:44; 33:7, 11; 49:6; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 39:25 + (Qr Hiph`il, Kt Qal) Jeremiah 33:26; Jeremiah 46:39; Joel 4:1(see
Qal 9).
10 Hiph`il declar., ׳הָשׁ מֵעַל Ezekiel 14:6 = shew a turning away from your idols (i.e. turn away), compare (מִן) 18:30, absolute ׳הָשׁ וִחְיוּ 18:32; of אַמֶּ֑ךָ ׳השׁ מֵחֲרוֺן ׳י, Psalm 85:4 (but read probably א חֲרוֺן ׳הֲשִׁיבוֺתה [6a above]); perhaps in physical sense Jonah 1:13 (אֶל location; We Now that is אֳנִיָּה, etc.).
11 reverse, revoke, accusative (suffix) of thing, i.e. judgment, Amos 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13; 2:1, 4, 6; blessing Numbers 23:20 (poem in E), edict Esther 8:5, 8.
Hoph`al Perfect3masculine singular הוּשַׁב Genesis 42:28 my money has been returned! compare Participle הַמּוּשָׁב הַכֶּסֶף 43:12 (both J); ׳הַמּ ׳לי Numbers 5:8 (P) the אָשָׁם which is restored to ׳י; plural מוּשָׁבִים Jeremiah 27:16 the vessels are about to be brought back, with מִן local; Imperfect3masculine singular אֶתמֿשֶׁה וַיוּשַׁב Exodus 10:8 (J; compare Ges§ 121 a, b) Moses was brought back, with אֶל person
תּוּב verb return (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שׁוּב); —
Pe`al Imperfect3masculine singular יְתוּב, with עַל person, of brightness (זִיו) of face Daniel 4:33 b, of knowledge 4:31; 4:33 a.
Haph`el Perfect3masculine singular הֲתִיב Daniel 2:14; 3masculine plural suffix הֲתִיבוּנָא Ezra 5:11; Imperfect3masculine plural יַהֲתִיבוּן 6:5, יְתִיבוּן (K§ 33, 2) 5:5; Infinitive suffix לַהֲתָבוּתָח Daniel 3:16; —
1 restore, accusative of thing Ezra 6:5.
2 return (accusative of answer, etc.) Ezra 5:5, 11; Daniel 3:16 (suffix Persian), הֲת וּטְעֵם ׳עֵטָא 2:14.