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

Result
נִשְׁ + אֹ֨ל
nish + ol
nishol

Alphabet Analysis

Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    nish-OL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    nish-OL nish-AL mim-ME-ni

  3. 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

  4. 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 context1 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.