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# return

«return» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to come back or go back to a place** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (return, returns, returned, returning); noun (a return, returns); adjective (return — as in a return ticket)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To return is to come back or go back to a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#m1)

2) To return something is to give it back or bring it back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#m2)

3) A return is the going back, or the coming back: on her return. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#m3)

4) A return (ticket, trip) is there and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#m4)

5) Return is also the key on a keyboard for a new line, and money earned back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#m5)

6) To return can also mean to answer someone in speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it often means to go back to a place, and also to turn back to God. The Hebrew word for repentance, teshuvah, comes from this same idea of turning back. Interpretation: Tradition says that to return to God is to repent, and the festival of Yom Kippur is about this kind of returning. In the primary lessons: In maths: coming back on a trip (the way back adds distance) or giving back books, money or things; a return trip doubles a distance (there and back). In everyday life: returning library books, returning a faulty toy to the shop, «many happy returns». In science: a boomerang returns; birds return in spring. In stories: «the hero's return».

### examples

- And Laban departed, and returned unto his place. (Torah GEN.31.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x1)
- Go say to them: Return ye to your tents. (Torah DEU.5.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x2)
- So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. (Torah GEN.33.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x3)
- And he returned, and came to Achish. (Prophets 1SA.27.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x4)
- Then David returned to bless his household. (Prophets 2SA.6.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x5)
- And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. (Writings EST.6.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x6)
- He drove 30 miles to the lake and returned home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x7)
- She returned 4 library books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x8)
- The shop returned $5 to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x9)
- The return trip took 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x10)
- Please return your books by Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x11)
- The swallows return every spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x12)
- A boomerang returns to the thrower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x13)
- She bought a return ticket to the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x14)
- Press return to start a new line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x15)
- "No, sir, by design," returned Aladdin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/#x16)

### note

A return trip often doubles a distance (there and back); things returned to someone are added to them and taken from the giver. Trap: forgetting the way back in a round trip. «Return back» is extra: «return» already means go back. UK «return ticket» = US «round-trip ticket».

### In the corpora

- [And the waters returned from off the earth continually; and after the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters decreased.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.198/)
- [And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.207/)
- [And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.406/)
- [At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, and Sarah shall have a son.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.455/)
- [And the LORD went His way, as soon as He had left off speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned unto his place.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.478/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «return» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/return/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.