1 Samuel 15:7:21 Sam.15.7.W2TAB

שָׁא֖וּל

shaul

Saul

Transliteration
sha-UL
Extended
shah-UL
IPA
/ʃaˈʔuːl/

Meaning by language

English
Saul

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Result
שָׁא֖ + וּל
sha + ul
shaul

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-UL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YAKH sha-UL

  3. clause

    va-YAKH sha-UL et-ah-ma-LEK

  4. sentence

    va-YAKH sha-UL et-ah-ma-LEK me-kha-vi-LA bo-a-KHA SHUR a-SHER al-pe-NEI mits-ra-YIM

Exegesis

The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb way-yaḵ {וַיַּךְ | way-yaḵ} ‘and he struck’, marking sequential past action, with šāʾ-ûl {שָׁאוּל | šāʾ-ûl} as the agent.

Root and etymology

שאלsh-a-l

to ask, request

In context1 Samuel 15:7

And Saul struck down the Amalekites from Khavilah as he came to Shur , on the face of Egypt.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 15:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 15:7, 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.15.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.7.W2.S1) and character.