שב

עברית · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

שב^¹

Where it comes from

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

verb שָׁב · sháv · לָשׁוּב · שִׁיבָה · שַׁבְתִּי · שַׁבְנוּ

construction pa'al, intransitive to return (to go back to a place or person) לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם
construction pa'al, intransitive to return (to go back in narration, argument, or thought)
construction pa'al, intransitive to repent 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

Similar: חָזַר

שב^²

verb שֵׁב · shév

imperative, masculine, singular Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב (yasháv).

Thesaurus

verb

Similar: חָזַר

In English

return to come or go back
come back (''intransitive'') To return to a place

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"שב." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%91. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

שב. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%91

Chicago

"שב." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%91.

BibTeX

@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שב},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%91},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

שב