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1 Samuel 7:17

“And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

תְּשׁוּבָהtᵉshûwbâh · tesh-oo-baw'
H8666 · Hebrew

Definition: a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
Derivation: or תְּשֻׁבָה; from H7725 (שׁוּב);
KJV renderings: answer, be expired, return.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
תְשֻׁבָת֤ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 11:1 1 Kings 20:22 1 Kings 20:26 1 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 36:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תְּשׁוּבָה here.

Verse 16

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.