שבה

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

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

1. (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

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שְׁבָה • (sh'vá)

1. 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

שבה

1. (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

2. (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