Etymology

teshuva

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Today it means: The Jewish concept of penitence. Full definition →

Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה
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  1. Hebrew · derived fromתְּשׁוּבָה
  2. English todayteshuva

From Hebrew תְּשׁוּבָה (t'shuvá, literally “return”), from ש־ו־ב (“return”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.