1 Samuel 16:10:81 Sam.16.10.W8TAB
שְׁמוּאֵל֙
shemuel
“Samuel”
- Transliteration
- she-mu-EL
- Extended
- sheh-moo-EHL
- IPA
- /ʃəmuːˈʔeːl/
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL
- clause
va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
- sentence
va-ya-a-VER yi-SHAI shiv-AT ba-NAV lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le
Exegesis
The phrase lip̄nē šəmûʾēl {לִפְנֵי שְׁמוּאֵל | lip̄nē šəmûʾēl} frames the scene as an evaluation.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:10
And Jesse caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen these.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Samuel 16:10, so the Hebrew word שְׁמוּאֵל֙ (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.16.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.10.W8.S1) and character.