Lexical Definition

‎תְּשׁוּבָה‎ tᵉshûwbâh (tesh-oo-baw') turn ^H:N-F
or תְּשֻׁבָה tᵉshubâh (tesh-oobaw'); from ‎שׁוּב‎

answer, be expired, return.

• a recurrence (of time or place)
• a reply (as returned)

1) a recurrence, an answer, return
1a) return
1a1) completion of a year, return of a year
1b) at the return (construct)
1c) answer, reply

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תְּשׁוּבָה‎] noun feminine return, answer; —

1. suffix ‎וּתְשֻׁבָתוֺ הָרָמָ֫תָה‎ 1Sam 7:17 and his return was (=he returned) to Rama.

2. especially construct ‎לִתְשׁוּבַת‎ ‎הַשָּׁנָה‎ at the return of the year, i.e. of spring, 2Sam 11:1; 1Kgs 20:22; 1Kgs 20:26; 2Chr 36:10, ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְעֵת תְּשׁ‎ 1Chr 20:1 (|| 2Sam 11:1).

3. answer, plural absolute ‎תְּשֻׁבֹת‎ Job 34:36, suffix ‎תְּשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם‎ Job 21:34.

‎שׁוּבָאֵל‎ see ‎שְׁבוּאֵל‎ (compare Sabean proper name ‎תֿובאל‎ Os^{ZMG xix (1865), 198 n.} Hal⁴⁸⁵ DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 16}).

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