1 Samuel 19:18:111 Sam.19.18.W11TAB

שָׁא֑וּל

shaul

Saul

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

Meaning by language

English
Saul

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׁא֑ + 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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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    sha-UL

  2. clause

    ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL

  3. sentence

    ve-da-VID ba-RAKH va-yim-ma-LET va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL ha-ra-MA-ta va-yag-GED-lo ET kol-a-SHER a-SA-lo sha-UL va-YE-lekh HU u-she-mu-EL va-YESH-vu ve-no-YIT be-na-YOT

Exegesis

The direct object marker ʾēṯ {אֵ֛ת | ʾēṯ} introduces the construct kāl-ʾă-šer-ʾā-śāh-lō šāʾūl {כָּל־אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה־ל֖וֹ שָׁאוּל | kāl-ʾă-šer ʾā-śāh-lō šā-ʾūl} ‘all that Saul had done to him,’ conveying complete reporting.

Root and etymology

RootShin–Aleph–Lamed

asked for; prayed for

In context1 Samuel 19:18

And David fled and escaped , and he came to Samuel at Ramah, and he told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and they stayed in the dwellings at Naioth.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 19:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֑וּל (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.19.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.18.W11.S1) and character.