1 Samuel 23:27:31 Sam.23.27.W3TAB
אֶל־שָׁא֖וּל
elshaul
“to Saul”
- Transliteration
- el-sha-UL
- Extended
- ehl-shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃaːˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-sha-UL
- clause
u-mal-AKH BA el-sha-UL le-MOR
- sentence
u-mal-AKH BA el-sha-UL le-MOR ma-ha-RA u-le-KHA KI-fa-SHTU pe-lish-TIM al-ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-shaul {אֶל־שָׁאוּל | ʾel-šāʼûl} marks the recipient.
Root and etymology
shin–aleph–lamedš–ʼ–l
“to ask, inquire”
In context — 1 Samuel 23:27
But a messenger came to Saul and said, “Hurry and go, for the Philistines are invading the land .”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 23:27:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 23:27, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שָׁא֖וּל (elshaul) 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.23.27.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.23.27.W3.S1) and character.