1 Samuel 13:8:71 Sam.13.8.W7TAB
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shemuel
“Samuel”
- Transliteration
- she-mu-EL
- Extended
- sheh-moo-EEL
- IPA
- /ʃəmuˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Samuel
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-mu-EL
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER she-mu-EL
- clause
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL
- sentence
va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lamoʿed {לַמּוֹעֵד֙ | la·mō·ʿēḏ} ‘to the appointed time’ specifies a temporal boundary, linked by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă·šer} to Shmuʾel {שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | šə·mū·ʾēl}.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־א־ל
“God heard”
In context — 1 Samuel 13:8
He waited seven days for the appointed time Samuel had set, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal , and the people scattered from him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 13:8:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Samuel 13:8, so the Hebrew word שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (shemuel) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.13.8.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.13.8.W7.S1) and character.