1 Samuel 15:10:31 Sam.15.10.W3TAB
אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל
elshemuel
“to Samuel”
- Transliteration
- el-she-mu-EL
- Extended
- ehl-sheh-moo-EHL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃə.muˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Samuel
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 | |
| 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
el-she-mu-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI de-var-ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL leh-MOR
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-shmuel {אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל | ʾel–šə·mû·ʾēl} ‘to Samuel’ marks the addressee, and the infinitive construct leemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lê·ʾā·môr} ‘saying’ introduces the forthcoming message. The English rendering preserves this sequence by maintaining the narrative marker, specifying divine origin, indicating the recipient, and retaining the speech-introducing ‘saying.’
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“heard by God”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:10
And the word of the LORD came to Samuel , saying:
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל (elshemuel) 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.15.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.10.W3.S1) and character.