1 Samuel 16:20:131 Sam.16.20.W13TAB
אֶל־שָׁאֽוּל׃
elshaul
“to Saul”
- Transliteration
- el-sha-UL
- Extended
- ehl-shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃaːˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-sha-UL
- clause
va-yish-LAKH be-YAD-da-VID be-NO el-sha-UL
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH yi-SHAI kha-MOR LE-khem ve-NOD YA-yin u-ge-DI i-ZIM e-KHAD va-yish-LAKH be-YAD-da-VID be-NO el-sha-UL
Exegesis
The second vav-consecutive vayishlakh {וַיִּשְׁלַח | va-yish-lakh} ’and he sent’ introduces the agency phrase beyad David beno el Shaul {בְּיַד־דָּוִד בְּנוֹ אֶל־שָׁאוּל | bə-yad dā-wîd bə-no el šā-ʼûl}, marking David as the commissioned agent. Construct chains in the nested prepositional phrase underscore family delegation and direction of the mission.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:20
And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat , and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 16:20, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׁאֽוּל׃ (elshaul) 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.16.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.20.W13.S1) and character.