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

Result
שְׁ + מוּ + אֵל֙
she + mu + el
shemuel

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    she-mu-EL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-MER she-mu-EL

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER she-mu-EL el-yi-SHAI lo-va-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ba-EL-le

  4. 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 context1 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.