שבה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ב־ה‎ (š-b-h)

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

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

(transitive) to capture (took captive).
- 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).
- 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 • (transliteration needed)

(שָׁבָה, sháva) Third-person feminine singular past (suffix conjugation) of שָׁב‎ (sháv).
- 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).
- 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