שב

Aramaic

⁧שב⁩ • (transliteration needed) f

Root
⁧שׁ־ו־ב⁩ (š-w-b)

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁 (ṯb, “to return”).

⁧שָׁב⁩ • (sháv) third-singular masculine past (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.

Conjugation of ⁧שָׁב⁩ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: ⁧לָשׁוּב⁩ action noun: ⁧שִׁיבָה⁩
finite forms		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
notes		Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Root
⁧י־שׁ־ב⁩ (y-š-b)

⁧שֵׁב⁩ • (shév)

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