1 Samuel 15:1:21 Sam.15.1.W2TAB
שְׁמוּאֵל֙
shemuel
“Samuel”
- Transliteration
- she-mu-EL
- Extended
- sheh-moo-EEL
- IPA
- /ʃəmuːˈʔeːl/
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
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL o-TI sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH li-ME-sha-KHO-kha le-ME-lekh al-am-MO al-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-YO-mer she-mu-EL el-sha-UL o-TI sha-LAKH Ye-ho-VAH li-ME-sha-KHO-kha le-ME-lekh al-am-MO al-yis-ra-EL ve-a-TA she-MA le-KOL div-RE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The proper nouns shemuʾel {שְׁמוּאֵל֙ | she-mū-ʾēl} ‘Samuel’ and šāʾūl {שָׁא֔וּל | šā-ʾūl} ‘Saul’ identify speaker and addressee.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“heard by God”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:1
And Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word שְׁמוּאֵל֙ (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.15.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.1.W2.S1) and character.