1 Samuel 14:35:21 Sam.14.35.W2TAB
שָׁא֛וּל
shaul
“Saul”
- Transliteration
- sha-UL
- Extended
- shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
sha-UL
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN sha-UL
- clause
va-yi-VEN sha-UL miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
va-yi-VEN sha-UL miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH o-TO he-KHEL liv-NOT miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The proper noun Shaul {שָׁא֛וּל | Šāʾ·ūl} functions as the subject.
Root and etymology
š-’-lshin–aleph–lamed
“asked for”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:35
And Saul built an altar to the LORD ; it was the first altar that he began to build to the LORD.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 14:35, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֛וּל (shaul) 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.14.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.35.W2.S1) and character.