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 · the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before , etc.) · properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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שׁוּב · פָּנִים · כֹּל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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".
Full entry for וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹל (H7725, H6440, H3605) · Open the biblical lexicon
שׁוּב · פָּנִים · כֹּל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "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".
H7725, H6440, H3605 is connected to 8,617 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Hebrew phrase. 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
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וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־כֹל is a primitive root - no further derivation.
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