1 Samuel 20:28:51 Sam.20.28.W5TAB
נִשְׁאַ֥ל
nisheal
“was asked, requested”
- Transliteration
- ni-she-AL
- Extended
- nih-sheh-AHL
- IPA
- /niʃˈʔal/
Meaning by language
- English
- was asked, requested
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ni-she-AL
- phraseyour reading level
ni-she-OL ni-she-AL da-VID
- clause
ni-she-OL ni-she-AL da-VID me-im-ma-DI ad-BET LA-khem
- sentence
va-YA-an ye-ho-NA-tan ET-sha-UL ni-she-OL ni-she-AL da-VID me-im-ma-DI ad-BET LA-khem
Root and etymology
שׁ־א־ל
“to ask”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:28
And Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked me for leave to go to Bethlehem .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:28:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:28, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁאַ֥ל (nisheal) 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.20.28.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.28.W5.S1) and character.