The first occurrence.
“In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” Gen 3:19
The primitive root.
Strong’s H7725 שוב shuv, a primitive verb meaning, “to return.” The ancient pictographs are shin + vav + bet.
shin ש = two front teeth (sharp, press, eat, two, again)
vav ו = tent peg (add, secure, hook)
bet ב = house (house, household, family, in, within)
The parable being told, is to again (shin) secure oneself (vav) to the house (bet). The house we have left, to which we are to return to, is His house, because history began with Father God, a beautiful garden, and the two children He had made to dwell with Him forever, to be part of His household. Shuv is the root of the abstract concept of teshuvah, “repentance.” The term most often used to describe this restoration in the New Testament, is salvation or justification.
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