שבה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ב־ה (sh-b-h)
4 terms

Cognate with Ge'ez ፄወወ (ṣ́ewäwä), Arabic سَبَى (sabā), Classical Syriac ܫܒܳܐ.

Verb

שָׁבָה • (shavá) (pa'al construction, passive participle שָׁבוּי, passive counterpart נִשְׁבָּה)

  1. (transitive) to capture (took captive).
Conjugation
Conjugation of שָׁבָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לִשְׁבּוֹת
action noun שְׁבִיָּה
passive participle שָׁבוּי
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first שָׁבִיתִי שָׁבִינוּ
second שָׁבִיתָ שָׁבִית שְׁבִיתֶם1 שְׁבִיתֶן1
third שָׁבָה שָׁבְתָה שָׁבוּ
present שׁוֹבֶה שׁוֹבָה שׁוֹבִים שׁוֹבוֹת
future first אֶשְׁבֶּה נִשְׁבֶּה
second תִּשְׁבֶּה תִּשְׁבִּי תִּשְׁבּוּ תִּשְׁבֶּינָה2
third יִשְׁבֶּה תִּשְׁבֶּה יִשְׁבּוּ תִּשְׁבֶּינָה2
imperative שְׁבֵה שְׁבִי שְׁבוּ שְׁבֶינָה2

1 Pronounced שָׁבִיתֶם and שָׁבִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Root
י־שׁ־ב (y-sh-b)
17 terms

Verb

שְׁבָה • (sh'vá)

  1. Second-person masculine singular cohortative (prefix conjugation) of יָשַׁב (yasháv).

Etymology 3

Root
שׁ־ו־ב (sh-w-b)
10 terms

Verb

שבה

  1. (שָׁבָה, sháva) Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׁב (sháv).
    • Tanach, Ruth 1:15, with translation of the American Standard Version:
      שָׁבָה יְבִמְתֵּךְ אֶל עַמָּהּ
      sháva y'vimtéch él amáh
      thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people
  2. (שָׁבָה, shavá) Feminine singular present participle and present tense of שָׁב (sháv).
    • Tanach, Esther 2:14, with translation of the English Standard Version:
      בָּעֶרֶב הִיא בָאָה וּבַבֹּקֶר הִיא שָׁבָה
      baérev hé vaá uvabóker hí shavá
      In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return
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