1 Samuel 14:38:31 Sam.14.38.W3TAB

גֹּ֣שֽׁוּ

goshu

come near

Transliteration
go-SHU
Extended
goh-SHOO
IPA
/goˈʃuː/

Meaning by language

English
come near

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Result
גֹּ֣ + שֽׁוּ
go + shu
goshu

Alphabet Analysis

Gimelg as in good
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    go-SHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    go-SHU ha-LOM

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer sha-UL go-SHU ha-LOM KOL pi-NOT ha-AM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer sha-UL go-SHU ha-LOM KOL pi-NOT ha-AM u-de-U u-re-U ba-MA ha-ye-TA ha-kha-TAT ha-ZOT ha-YOM

Exegesis

The imperative goshu {גֹּשֽׁוּ | gō-šū} ‘draw near’ summons kol pinot ha’am {כֹּל פִּנּוֹת הָעָם | kōl pin-nōṯ hā-’ām}, an idiomatic construct signifying “all the leading representatives of the people.”

In context1 Samuel 14:38

And Saul said, “Draw near here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see by what means the sin has occurred this day.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:38, so the Hebrew word גֹּ֣שֽׁוּ (goshu) 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.14.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.38.W3.S1) and character.