שב

Aramaic

Numeral

שב • (transliteration needed) f

  1. seven (7)

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
שׁ־ו־ב‎ (š-w-b)

From the root ש-ו-ב. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎘𐎁 (ṯb, “to return”).

Verb

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

  1. to return (to go back to a place or person)
    • Exodus 4:19, with translation of the King James Version:
      לֵךְ שֻׁב מִצְרָיִם
      lech shuv mitsráyim
      Go, return into Egypt
  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
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first שַׁבְתִּי‎שַׁבְנוּ‎
second שַׁבְתָּ‎שַׁבְתְּ‎שַׁבְתֶּם‎שַׁבְתֶּן‎
third שָׁבשָׁבָה‎שָׁבוּ‎
present שָׁבשָׁבָה‎שָׁבִים‎שָׁבוֹת‎
future first אָשׁוּב‎נָשׁוּב‎
second תָּשׁוּב‎תָּשׁוּבִי‎תָּשׁוּבוּ‎תשובנה / תָּשֹׁבְנָה‎1
third יָשׁוּב‎תָּשׁוּב‎יָשׁוּבוּ‎תשובנה / תָּשֹׁבְנָה‎1
imperative שׁוּב‎שׁוּבִי‎שׁוּבוּ‎שובנה / שֹׁבְנָה‎1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.
Synonyms

Etymology 2
Root
י־שׁ־ב‎ (y-š-b)

Verb

שֵׁב • (shév)

  1. Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב‎ (yasháv).
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