{"def":{"short":"to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again","long":["to return, turn back",["(Qal)",["to turn back, return",["to turn back","to return, come or go back","to return unto, go back, come back","of dying","of human relations (figuratively)","of spiritual relations (figuratively)",["to turn back (from God), apostatise","to turn away (of God)","to turn back (to God), repent","turn back (from evil)"],"of inanimate things","in repetition"]],"(Polel)",["to bring back","to restore, refresh, repair (figuratively)","to lead away (enticingly)","to show turning, apostatise"],"(Pual) restored (participle)","(Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back",["to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment","to bring back, refresh, restore","to bring back, report to, answer","to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)","to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse","to turn away (face), turn toward","to turn against","to bring back to mind","to show a turning away","to reverse, revoke"],"(Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back","(Pulal) brought back"]]},"deriv":"a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃuːb","ipa_mod":"ʃuv","sbl":"šûb","dic":"shoob","dic_mod":"shoov"}}