תְּשׁוּבָה

teshuva

pronounced tshoo-VAH

Return, repentance — a later religious noun built on the biblical verb shuv

also written: 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 Moses promises Israel a road home; the verse uses the biblical verb shuv behind the later noun teshuvah

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14 God's answer to national return at the Temple's dedication; the verse uses the verb shuv

Taught in

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Rosh Hashanah: The Sound That Interrupts Us

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

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Yom Kippur: Once for All

Full guide: 12 min · 7 chapters · 24 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;…
תשובה teshuva Return, repentance — a later religious noun…
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

תְּשׁוּבָה teshuva tshoo-VAH

Return, repentance — a later religious noun built on the biblical verb shuv

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

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14