1 Samuel 17:39:121 Sam.17.39.W12TAB
אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל
elshaul
“to Saul”
- Transliteration
- el-sha-UL
- Extended
- ehl-shah-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-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti
- sentence
va-yakh-GOR da-VID et-KHAR-BO me-AL le-mad-DAV va-yo-EL la-LE-khet KI lo-NI-sa va-yo-MER da-VID el-sha-UL LO u-KHAL la-LE-khet ba-EL-le KI LO ni-SI-ti va-ye-si-REM da-VID me-a-LAV
Root and etymology
ש־א־לš–ʾ–l
“asked for”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:39
David girded his sword over his armor and tried to go, for he had not tested them; and he said to Saul, “I cannot go in these, for I have not tried them.” So he removed them from himself.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:39:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 17:39, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל (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.17.39.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.39.W12.S1) and character.