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title: מְשׁוּבָה — turning back · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְשׁוּבָה (4878), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: turning back. BDB 1906: n.f. turning back, apostasy. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְשׁוּבָה

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«מְשׁוּבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **turning back** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 4878 · **BDB:** מְשׁוּבָה²

### Glosses

apostasies (4); \[the\].apostate.one (3); apostasy (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

turning back [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4878/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. turning back, apostasy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4878/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. turning back, apostasy;—abs. מְשֻׁבָה Je 3:6 +; cstr. מְשׁוּבַת Pr 1:32; sf. מְשׁוּבָתָם Ho 14:5; pl. sf. מְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם Je 3:22, etc.;—backturning, apostasy, of Isr., Ho 14:5, מְשׁוּבָתִי 11:7 apostasy from me (si vera l.); of Judah Je 2:19; 3:22; 5:6; 8:5; 14:7 (all pl.) + Ez 37:23 (read מְשׁוּבֹתֵיהֶם for מוֹשְׁ׳, 𝔊 Comm.); מ׳ נִצַּחַת Je 8:5 enduring, perpetual apostasy; also as n. concr., appos. of foll. word, מְשֻׁבָה יִשׂ׳ Je 3:6, 8, 11, 12 apostate one, Israel. Of individual, מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם Pr 1:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְשׁוּבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4878/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 1:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.32/)

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כִּ֤י מְשׁוּבַ֣ת פְּתָיִ֣ם תַּֽהַרְגֵ֑ם וְשַׁלְוַ֖ת כְּסִילִ֣ים תְּאַבְּדֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[the\].turning.away of.naive.people it will.ruin.them and.\[the\] security of.fools it will.destroy.them

*JPS 1917:* For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.

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[Hosea 14:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.14.5/)

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אֶרְפָּא֙ מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם אֹהֲבֵ֖ם נְדָבָ֑ה כִּ֛י שָׁ֥ב אַפִּ֖י מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* I.will.heal apostasy their I will.love.them voluntariness (dm) it.has.turned.back anger my from him

*JPS 1917:* I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for Mine anger is turned away from him.

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