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title: שׁוּבָה — retirement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּבָה (7729), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: retirement. BDB 1906: n.f. retirement, withdrawal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּבָה

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«שׁוּבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **retirement** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7729 · **BDB:** שׁוּבָה

### Glosses

returning (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

retirement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7729/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. retirement, withdrawal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7729/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. retirement, withdrawal (from war, etc., cf. Mi 2:8);—Is 30:15.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7729/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.15/)

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כִּ֣י כֹֽה־אָמַר֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֜ה קְד֣וֹשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל בְּשׁוּבָ֤ה וָנַ֙חַת֙ תִּוָּ֣שֵׁע֔וּן בְּהַשְׁקֵט֙ וּבְבִטְחָ֔ה תִּהְיֶ֖ה גְּבֽוּרַתְכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֖א אֲבִיתֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh the.holy.\[one\] of.Israel in returning and quietness you will.be.delivered in being.quiet and in trusting it.will.be strength your and not you.were.willing

*JPS 1917:* For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: in sitting still and rest shall ye be saved, in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength; and ye would not.

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