1 Samuel 16:7:31 Sam.16.7.W3TAB
אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל
elshemuel
“to Samuel”
- Transliteration
- el-she-mu-EL
- Extended
- ehl-sheh-moo-EEL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃəmuːˈʔeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Samuel
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 | |
| 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
el-she-mu-EL
- clause
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu
- sentence
va-YO-mer ye-ho-VAH el-she-mu-EL al-ta-BET el-mar-E-hu ve-el-ge-VO-ah ko-ma-TO KI me-as-TI-hu KI LO a-SHER yir-E ha-a-DAM KI ha-a-DAM yir-E la-e-NA-yim va-ye-ho-VAH yir-E lal-le-VAV
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ introducing direct speech from YHWH {יְהוָ֜ה | Yəhôwāh} to Shemuel {שְׁמוּאֵל | šəmûʾēl}.
In context — 1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him; for the human does not see as mortals see, for they look at the outward, but the LORD sees to the heart .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 16:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 16:7, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל (elshemuel) 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.16.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.7.W3.S1) and character.