1 Samuel 14:2:11 Sam.14.2.W1TAB
וְשָׁא֗וּל
veshaul
“and Saul”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-UL
- Extended
- veh-shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and Saul
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-UL
- clause
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bik-TSE ha-giv-A TA-khat ha-rim-MON a-SHER be-mig-RON
- sentence
ve-sha-UL yo-SHEV bik-TSE ha-giv-A TA-khat ha-rim-MON a-SHER be-mig-RON ve-ha-AM a-SHER im-O ke-SHESH me-OT ISH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the conjunction plus participle vesha’ul {וְשָׁא֗וּל | wə-šā-ʾûl} ‘and Saul,’ propelling the narrative forward.
Root and etymology
š-’-lshin–aleph–lamed
“asked for”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:2
And Saul was sitting at the edge of the hill under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron, and the people who were with him were about six hundred men.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Samuel 14:2, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁא֗וּל (veshaul) 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.14.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.2.W1.S1) and character.