שׁוּב

shuv

pronounced shoov

To return or turn back — the biblical verb behind the later religious noun teshuvah

In Scripture World English Bible

and return to Yahweh your God, and obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;

Deuteronomy 30:2 The covenant call to come home to God with the whole heart

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:7 Return directed toward the God whose mercy and pardon are already announced

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A figure sounding the shofar, ivory woodcut on a deep pomegranate field

Rosh Hashanah: The Sound That Interrupts Us

Full guide: 10 min · 7 chapters · 20 Hebrew words

Nearby words

rosh hashanahרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה tishreiתִּשְׁרֵי yom teruahיוֹם תְּרוּעָה zikhron teruahזִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה teruahתְּרוּעָה shofarשׁוֹפָר

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Hebrew words

ראש השנה rosh hashanah “Head of the year” — the later Jewish name…
תשרי tishrei The later name of the Torah's seventh month;…
שוב shuv To return or turn back — the biblical verb…
יום תרועה yom teruah “Day of teruah” — the wording Numbers 29:1…
זכרון תרועה zikhron teruah A remembrance or memorial of teruah — the…

‹ Hebrew words

שׁוּב shuv shoov

To return or turn back — the biblical verb behind the later religious noun teshuvah

and return to Yahweh your God, and obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;

Deuteronomy 30:2

let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Isaiah 55:7