1 Samuel 15:1:31 Sam.15.1.W3TAB
אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל
elshaul
“to Saul”
- Transliteration
- el-sha-UL
- Extended
- ehl-shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃaːˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-sha-UL
- 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
שאלsh-a-l
“to ask, request”
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 15:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל (elshaul) 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.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.1.W3.S1) and character.