1 Samuel 20:6:51 Sam.20.6.W5TAB
נִשְׁאֹ֨ל
nishol
“he earnestly asked”
- Transliteration
- nish-OL
- Extended
- nihsh-OHL
- IPA
- /niʃˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- he earnestly asked
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
nish-OL
- phraseyour reading level
nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni
- clause
IM-pa-KOD yif-ke-DE-ni a-VI-kha ve-a-MAR-ta nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni da-VID la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem i-RO
- sentence
IM-pa-KOD yif-ke-DE-ni a-VI-kha ve-a-MAR-ta nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni da-VID la-RUTS be-VET-le-khem i-RO KI ZE-vakh ha-ya-MIM SHAM le-KHOL-ha-mish-pa-KHA
Root and etymology
שׁ־א־ל
“to ask”
In context — 1 Samuel 20:6
If your father misses me at all, then say, “David earnestly asked leave from me to run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for the whole clan.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:6, so the Hebrew word נִשְׁאֹ֨ל (nishol) 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.20.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.6.W5.S1) and character.