1 Samuel 15:4:21 Sam.15.4.W2TAB
שָׁאוּל֙
shaul
“Saul”
- Transliteration
- sha-UL
- Extended
- shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈʔuːl/
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
va-yish-MA sha-UL
- clause
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI
- sentence
va-yish-MA sha-UL ET-ha-AM va-yif-ke-DEM ba-te-la-IM ma-a-TA-yim E-lef rag-LI va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ET-ISH ye-hu-DA
Root and etymology
שאלsh-a-l
“to ask, request”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:4
And Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 15:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁאוּל֙ (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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.4.W2.S1) and character.