1 Samuel 15:28:31 Sam.15.28.W3TAB
שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל
shemuel
“Samuel”
- Transliteration
- she-mu-EL
- Extended
- sheh-moo-EEL
- IPA
- /ʃəmuˈʔeːl/
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
- clause
va-YO-mer e-LAV she-mu-EL ka-RA ye-ho-VAH et-mam-le-KHUT yis-ra-EL me-le-KHA ha-YOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-LAV she-mu-EL ka-RA ye-ho-VAH et-mam-le-KHUT yis-ra-EL me-le-KHA ha-YOM u-ne-ta-NA le-re-A-KHA ha-TOV mim-me-KHA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive wayyō’mer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyō’mer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech by the prophet Šəmû’ēl {שְׁמוּאֵל | Šəmû’ēl}.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–ayin
“heard by God”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 15:28, so the Hebrew word שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל (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.15.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.28.W3.S1) and character.