שב

Aramaic

Numeral

שב • (transliteration needed) f

  1. seven (7)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ו־ב (sh-w-b)
10 terms

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁 (ṯb, “to return”) and Arabic ثَابَ (ṯāba, “to return, to come back, to repent”).

Verb

שָׁב • (sháv) (pa'al construction) (intransitive)

  1. to return (to go back to a place or person)
  2. to return (to go back in narration, argument, or thought)
  3. 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
Conjugation of שָׁב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָשׁוּב
action noun שִׁיבָה
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

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Root
י־שׁ־ב (y-sh-b)
17 terms

Verb

שֵׁב • (shév)

  1. Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב (yasháv).
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