1 Samuel 15:12:41 Sam.15.12.W4TAB
שָׁא֖וּל
shaul
“Saul”
- Transliteration
- sha-UL
- Extended
- shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʃaˈuːl/
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
lik-RAT sha-UL
- clause
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker
- sentence
va-yash-KEM she-mu-EL lik-RAT sha-UL ba-BO-ker va-yug-GAD lish-mu-EL le-MOR BA-sha-UL ha-kar-me-LA ve-hin-NE ma-TSIV LO YAD va-yis-SOV va-ya-a-VOR va-ye-RED ha-gil-GAL
Exegesis
The perfect ba-Shaʾul {בָּֽא־שָׁא֤וּל | bāʾ-šaʾûl} ‘Saul came’ combined with the Qal participle matsiv {מַצִּ֥יב | maṣṣîv} ‘erecting’ presents a completed yet ongoing action.
Root and etymology
שאלsh-a-l
“to ask, request”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:12
And Samuel arose early to meet Saul in the morning, and it was told to Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he is erecting a monument for himself.” Then he turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:12, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֖וּל (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.15.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.12.W4.S1) and character.