1 Samuel 16:21:31 Sam.16.21.W3TAB
אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל
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-VA da-VID el-sha-UL va-ya-a-MOD le-fa-NAI-v
- sentence
va-VA da-VID el-sha-UL va-ya-a-MOD le-fa-NAI-v va-ye-e-ha-VE-hu me-OD va-ye-HI-lo no-SE khe-LIM
Exegesis
The preposition plus maqqef in el-Shaul {אֶל־שָׁאוּל | ʼel šā·ʼûl} ‘to Saul’ indicates motion toward the king.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:21
And David came to Saul, and he stood before him; and Saul loved him greatly, and David became his armor-bearer .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 16:21, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל (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.16.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.21.W3.S1) and character.