שבה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־ב־ה (sh-b-h)

Cognate with Ge'ez ፄወወ (ṣ́ewäwä), Arabic سَبَى (sabā), Classical Syriac ܫܒܳܐ.

Verb

שָׁבָה • (shavá) (pa'al construction, passive participle שָׁבוּי, passive counterpart נִשְׁבָּה)

1. (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

Conjugation of שָׁבָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִשְׁבּוֹת action noun: שְׁבִיָּה passive participle: שָׁבוּי
finite forms		singular		plural
		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.

Etymology 2

Root
י־שׁ־ב (y-sh-b)

Verb

שְׁבָה • (sh'vá)

1. 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

Etymology 3

Root
שׁ־ו־ב (sh-w-b)

Verb

שבה

1. (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

2. (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