1 Samuel 19:17:21 Sam.19.17.W2TAB

שָׁא֜וּל

shaul

Saul

Transliteration
sha-UL
Extended
shaa-OOL
IPA
/ʃaːˈʔuːl/

Meaning by language

English
Saul

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׁא֜ + וּל
sha + ul
shaul

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    sha-UL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-MER sha-UL

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-mi-KHAL LA-ma KA-kha rim-mi-TI-ni va-te-shal-LE-KHI et-o-ye-VI va-yim-ma-LET

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-mi-KHAL LA-ma KA-kha rim-mi-TI-ni va-te-shal-LE-KHI et-o-ye-VI va-yim-ma-LET va-to-MER mi-KHAL el-sha-UL HU-a-a-MAR e-LAI shal-khe-NI la-MA a-mi-TEKH

Root and etymology

Rootshin–aleph–lamed

asked, borrowed

In context1 Samuel 19:17

And Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and sent away my enemy , so that he has escaped?” And Michal said to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go. Why should I kill you?’”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 19:17, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֜וּל (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.19.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.17.W2.S1) and character.