1 Samuel 19:18:51 Sam.19.18.W5TAB
אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-VO el-she-mu-EL
- 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
- 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 phrase ʾel-Šəmuʾēl hā-rāmaṯāh {אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙ הָרָמָ֔תָה | ʾel-šə-mū-ʾēl hā-rā-ma-ṯāh} ‘to Samuel at Ramah’ situates the action spatially.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Mem–Ayin
“name of God; God has heard”
In context — 1 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 19:18:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 19:18, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵל֙ (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.19.18.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.18.W5.S1) and character.