1 Samuel 20:26:21 Sam.20.26.W2TAB
שָׁא֖וּל
shaul
“Saul”
- Transliteration
- sha-UL
- Extended
- shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈʔuːl/
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
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL
- clause
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL me-u-MA ba-YOM ha-HU
- sentence
ve-LO-di-BER sha-UL me-u-MA ba-YOM ha-HU KI A-mar mik-RE HU bil-TI ta-HOR HU ki-LO ta-HOR
Exegesis
The subject shaul {שָׁאוּל | Šāʼûl} is followed by the temporal prepositional phrase ba-yom ha-hu {בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא | ba-yôm ha-hūʾ} ‘on that day.’
Root and etymology
ש–א–ל
“asked”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:26
Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day , for he thought, “Something has happened to him; he is unclean ; surely he is unclean.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:26:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 20:26, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֖וּל (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.20.26.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.26.W2.S1) and character.