1 Samuel 18:23:31 Sam.18.23.W3TAB
שָׁאוּל֙
shaul
“Saul”
- Transliteration
- sha-UL
- Extended
- shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʃaˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
sha-UL
- phraseyour reading level
av-DE sha-UL
- clause
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le
- sentence
va-ye-da-be-RU av-DE sha-UL be-oz-NE da-VID et-ha-de-va-RIM ha-E-le va-yo-MER da-VID han-ka-LA ve-e-ne-KHEM hit-khat-TEN ba-ME-lekh ve-a-no-KHI ish-RASH ve-nik-LE
Exegesis
The subject avdei Saul {עַבְדֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ | ʿăḇdê šāʾûl} ‘servants of Saul’ precedes the prepositional phrase beoznei David {בְּאָזְנֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד | bəʾôznê dāwîḏ} ‘in the ears of David’, indicating audience focus.
Root and etymology
š-ʼ-l
In context — 1 Samuel 18:23
And the servants of Saul spoke these words in the ears of David, and David said, “Does it seem a small matter in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor and lightly regarded man?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:23:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 18:23, so the Hebrew word שָׁאוּל֙ (shaul) 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.18.23.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.23.W3.S1) and character.