1 Samuel 20:30:21 Sam.20.30.W2TAB

שָׁא֔וּל

shaul

{of} Saul

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

Meaning by language

English
{of} Saul

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שָׁא֔ + 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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Word in context

  1. word

    sha-UL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yikhar-AF sha-UL

  3. clause

    va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan

  4. sentence

    va-yikhar-AF sha-UL be-yo-NA-tan va-yo-MER LO ben-na-a-VAT ha-mar-DUT ha-LO ya-DA-e-ti KI-vo-KHER a-TA le-ven-yish-AI le-vosh-te-KHA u-le-VO-shet e-re-VAT i-ME-kha

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal imperfect vayyiḥar {וַיִּחַר | wayyīḥar} ‘and he burned,’ compounded with sha’ul {שָׁאוּל | šāʾûl} to signal Saul’s sudden wrath.

Root and etymology

ש–א–ל

asked

In context1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul’s anger flared against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman ! Did I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness ?”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 20:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 20:30, so the Hebrew word שָׁא֔וּל (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.20.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.30.W2.S1) and character.