1 Samuel 14:49:31 Sam.14.49.W3TAB
שָׁא֔וּל
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
be-NE sha-UL
- clause
va-yih-YU be-NE sha-UL yo-na-TAN ve-yish-VI u-mal-ki-SHU-a
- sentence
va-yih-YU be-NE sha-UL yo-na-TAN ve-yish-VI u-mal-ki-SHU-a ve-SHEM she-TE ve-no-TAV SHEM ha-be-khi-RA me-RAV ve-SHEM ha-ke-ta-NA mi-KHAL
Exegesis
The construct chain bənê Šāʾûl {בְּנֵי שָׁאוּל} ‘sons of Saul’ attaches the subsequent proper names as his male offspring. The coordinated list Yōnāṯān, Yišwî, ū-malkî-šûaʿ reflects Hebrew paratactic enumeration.
Root and etymology
š-’-lshin–aleph–lamed
“asked for”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:49
And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua, and the names of his two daughters were Merab the firstborn and Michal the younger.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:49:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 14:49, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֔וּל (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.14.49.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.49.W3.S1) and character.