tuv denotes giving an answer or returning something, including a letter or temple vessels, in its attested passages.

The attested uses chiefly concern returning something: a letter is returned and temple vessels are to be returned to their place. It also occurs in response scenes, where Daniel responds, the three men speak of returning an answer, and builders give an answer.

1. Returning a document or objects · dominant

   In Ezra 5:5, the imperfect form occurs when a letter is returned concerning the matter. In Ezra 6:5, the Hiphil imperfect occurs in the command that gold and silver vessels be returned, brought to the temple in Jerusalem, and placed in the house of God; the Qal imperfect forms in Daniel 4:31 and Daniel 4:33 occur in the surrounding account of Nebuchadnezzar, though the APB does not isolate this term's contribution there.

   Ezra 5:5Ezra 6:5Daniel 4:31Daniel 4:33
2. Giving an answer or response · common

   In Daniel 2:14, the Hiphil perfect occurs as Daniel responds to Arioch with counsel and discretion. In Daniel 3:16, the Hiphil infinitive construct appears in the statement that the three men have no need to return an answer to the king, and Ezra 5:11 uses a Hiphil perfect as the builders give their answer about the house being built.

   Daniel 2:14Daniel 3:16Ezra 5:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the Hiphil forms with response language in Daniel 2:14, Daniel 3:16, and Ezra 5:11, and with return language for the letter and temple vessels in Ezra 5:5 and Ezra 6:5. Its wording in Daniel 4:31 and Daniel 4:33 does not clearly identify this term's individual rendering.