1 Samuel 22:13:141 Sam.22.13.W14TAB
וְשָׁא֥וֹל
veshaol
“and asking”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-OL
- Extended
- veh-shah-OHL
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈʔoːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- and asking
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-OL
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-OL LO
- clause
be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-YO-mer E-lav e-LAV sha-UL LA-ma ke-shar-TEM a-LAI a-TA u-ven-yish-TAI be-tit-KHA LO LE-khem ve-KHE-rev ve-sha-OL LO be-e-lo-HIM la-KUM e-LAI le-o-REV ka-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The noun infinitive be-titkha {בְּתִתְּךָ֨ | bə-tit-tə-ḵā} ‘in your giving’ governs lechem ‘bread’ and cherev ‘sword,’ while the Hifil infinitive ve-sha’ol {וְשָׁא֥וֹל | wə-šā-ʼōl} ‘and by inquiring’ with be-Elohim {בֵּֽאלֹהִים | bē-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} ‘of God’ depicts consultation.
Root and etymology
ש־א־לsh-ʾ-l
“to ask, request”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:13
And Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, by giving him bread and a sword and by inquiring of God for him, so that he rises up against me to lie in ambush as on this very day?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Samuel 22:13, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁא֥וֹל (veshaol) 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.22.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.13.W14.S1) and character.