השיב

Verb

הֵשִׁיב • (heshív) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוּשַׁב‎)

(transitive)

1. return (something)
   • Exodus 4:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏וַיֹּאמֶר הָשֵׁב יָדְךָ אֶל־חֵיקֶךָ וַיָּשֶׁב יָדוֹ אֶל־חֵיקוֹ וַיּוֹצִאָהּ מֵחֵיקוֹ וְהִנֵּה־שָׁבָה כִּבְשָׂרוֹ׃‎‎

     vayómer hashév yad'khá 'el-kheikékha vayáshev yadó 'el-kheikó vayotsi'áh mekheikó v'hine-sháva kiv'saró.
     wayyṓmer hāšēḇ yāḏəḵā ʾel-ḥēqéḵā wayyā́šeḇ yāḏō ʾel-ḥēqō wayyōṣīʾāh mēḥēqō wəhinnē-šā́ḇā kiḇəśārō.

     And He said: ‘Put thy hand back into thy bosom.’ And he put his hand back into his bosom; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.

   • Exodus 23:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ, לוֹ׃‎‎

     kí tifgá' shór oyiv'khá 'ó khamoró to'é hashév t'shivénu ló.
     kī ṯip̄gaʿ šōr ʾōyiḇəḵā ʾō ḥămōrō tōʿe hāšēḇ təšīḇénnū lō.

     If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

   • Lamentations 5:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ יְהוָה אֵלֶיךָ וְנָשׁוּבָ חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם׃‎‎

     hashivénu YHVH 'elékha v'nashúva khadésh yaméinu k'kédem.
     hăšīḇḗnū YHWH ʾēléḵā wənāšū́ḇā ḥaddēš yāmḗnū kəqéḏem.

     Turn Thou us unto Thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

2. reply, respond
   • 1901, [Nathan Nata Duner,] שערי האמונה, page 102:

     ‏שאל אותו הרב מפראג מה שאלתכם השיב לו העני עני ואביון אנכי.‎‎

     sha'ál 'otó haráv miprág má sh'elat'khém heshív ló he'aní 'aní v'evyón 'anochí.

     The Rabbi of Prague asked him, “What is your question?” The poor man answered him, “I am a poor man and a pauper.”

Verb

הִשִּׁיב • (hishív) (hif'il construction)

1. to cause (the wind) to blow