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Aramaic
Numeral
שב • (transliteration needed) f
- seven (7)
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁 (ṯb, “to return”).
Verb
שָׁב • (sháv) (pa'al construction) (intransitive)
- to return (to go back to a place or person)
- 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
Synonyms
- חָזַר (khazár) (more common now)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
שֵׁב • (shév)
- Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב (yasháv).