Hebrew

Verb

שָׁבָה • ‎(shavá) ‎(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

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

שְׁבָה • ‎(sh'vá)

1. Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב ‎(yasháv).
   • Genesis 29:19, with translation of the King James Version:

     שְׁבָה עִמָּדִי‎

     sh'vá imadí

     abide with me

Etymology 3

Verb

שבה • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (שָׁבָה, sháva) Third-person feminine singular past tense (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