ܡܬܘܒ

From the intensitive stem of Aramaic תָּב (tāḇ, “to return, change direction, turn away”); cognate to Hebrew שָׁב (sháv, “to return, repent”), Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁 (ṯb, “to return”), Arabic ثَابَ (ṯāba, “to return, come back”), and تَابَ (tāba, “to repent”).

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ܡܬܲܘܸܒ݂ • (mtawwiḇ)

1. to repent, regret

   Synonyms: ܦܵܫܹܡ (pāšēm), ܬܵܘܹܐ (tāwē), ܕܵܥܹܪ (dāˁēr)

   • Matthew 3:1-2:

     ܒܗܸܢܘܿܢ ܝܵܘܡܵܢܹ̈ܐ، ܐ݇ܬ݂ܹܐ ܠܹܗ ܝܘܿܚܲܢܵܢ ܡܲܥܡܕܵܢܵܐ، ܡܲܟ݂ܪܘܼܙܹܐ ܓܵܘ ܒܲܪܝܼܵܐ ܕܝܼܗܘܼܕ݂، ܒܹܐܡܵܪܵܐ: «ܬܲܘܒܘܼܢ، ܡܛܸܠ ܩܪܝܼܒ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܡܲܠܟܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܫܡܲܝܵܐ».

     b-hinnōn yāwmānē, ṯē lēh yōḥannān maˁmdānā, maḵruzzē gāw barīyā d-īhūḏ, bēmārā: “tawbūn, mṭil qrīḇ lāh malkūṯā d-šmayyā”.

     In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”

   • Acts 3:19:

     ܒܵܣ ܬܲܘܒܘܼܢ ܘܕܥܘܿܪܘܼܢ ܕܦܵܝܫܝܼ ܫܒ݂ܝܼܩܹ̈ܐ ܚܸܛܝܵܬ݂ܵܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ، ܘܕܐܵܬ݂ܝܼ ܥܲܠܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܙܲܒ݂ܢܹ̈ܐ ܕܢܝܵܚܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ،

     bās tawbūn w-dˁōrūn d-pāyšī šḇīqē ḥiṭyāṯāwḵōn, w-d-āṯī ˁallāwḵōn zaḇnē d-nyāḥā min māryā,

     Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

• ܬܝܵܒ݂ܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (tyāḇūṯā, “repentance”)
• ܬܘܵܬ ܪܸܥܝܵܢܵܐ ܬܘܵܬܲܢܝܼ ܕ (twāt riˁyānā twātanī d, “a feeling of regret urged me to”)