שבה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ב־ה (š-b-h)

שָׁבָה • (shavá) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, passive participle שָׁבוּי, passive counterpart נִשְׁבָּה)

(transitive) to capture (took captive).
- Tanach, Genesis 34:29, with Young's Literal Translation:
  וְאֶת נְשֵׁיהֶם שָׁבוּ
  v'ét n'shehém shavú
  and their wives they have taken captive

Conjugation of שָׁבָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִשְׁבּוֹת action noun: שְׁבִיָּה passive participle: שָׁבוּי
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	שָׁבִיתִי		שָׁבִינוּ
	second	שָׁבִיתָ	שָׁבִית	שְׁבִיתֶם¹	שְׁבִיתֶן¹
	third	שָׁבָה	שָׁבְתָה	שָׁבוּ
present		שׁוֹבֶה	שׁוֹבָה	שׁוֹבִים	שׁוֹבוֹת
future	first	אֶשְׁבֶּה		נִשְׁבֶּה
	second	תִּשְׁבֶּה	תִּשְׁבִּי	תִּשְׁבּוּ	תִּשְׁבֶּינָה²
	third	יִשְׁבֶּה	תִּשְׁבֶּה	יִשְׁבּוּ	תִּשְׁבֶּינָה²
imperative		שְׁבֵה	שְׁבִי	שְׁבוּ	שְׁבֶינָה²
notes		Pronounced שָׁבִיתֶם and שָׁבִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Root
י־שׁ־ב (y-š-b)

שְׁבָה • (sh'vá)

Second-person masculine singular cohortative (prefix conjugation) of יָשַׁב (yasháv).
- Tanach, Genesis 29:19, with translation of the King James Version:
  שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי
  sh'vá imadí
  abide with me

Root
שׁ־ו־ב (š-w-b)

שבה

(שָׁבָה, sháva) Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׁב (sháv).
- Tanach, Ruth 1:15, with translation of the American Standard Version:
  שָׁבָה יְבִמְתֵּךְ אֶל עַמָּהּ
  sháva y'vimtéch él amáh
  thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people
(שָׁבָה, shavá) Feminine singular present participle and present tense of שָׁב (sháv).
- Tanach, Esther 2:14, with translation of the English Standard Version:
  בָּעֶרֶב הִיא בָאָה וּבַבֹּקֶר הִיא שָׁבָה
  baérev hé vaá uvabóker hí shavá
  In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return

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