sho.vav describes people characterized by turning back, including sons summoned to return and a flock led astray.

The attested use chiefly characterizes people as turning back: sons are summoned to return in Jeremiah 3:14 and Jeremiah 3:22, while Isaiah 57:17 depicts a man continuing in the way of his heart. Jeremiah 50:6 applies the plural form within the portrayal of a flock led astray and turned back on the mountains.

1. People marked by turning back · dominant

   In Jeremiah 3:14 and Jeremiah 3:22, the masculine plural adjective modifies “sons” in calls to return; the APB renders the address “turning-back sons.” Isaiah 57:17 uses the masculine singular form of a person who “went on turning back in the way of his heart,” and Jeremiah 50:6 places the plural form in the account of a flock whose shepherds led them astray and “turned them back on the mountains.”

   Isaiah 57:17Jeremiah 3:14Jeremiah 3:22Jeremiah 50:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “turning-back” in Jeremiah 3:14 and Jeremiah 3:22, “turning back” in Isaiah 57:17, and “turned them back” in Jeremiah 50:6. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every verse.