2 Samuel 19:24:22 Sam.19.24.W2TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:25
בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל
benshaul
“son of Saul”
- Transliteration
- ben-sha-UL
- Extended
- behn-shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʃaˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| 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
ben-sha-UL
- clause
u-me-fi-VO-shet ben-sha-UL ya-RAD lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
u-me-fi-VO-shet ben-sha-UL ya-RAD lik-ra-AT ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-a-SA rag-la-VAIV ve-LO-a-SA se-fa-MO ve-ET-be-ga-DAV LO khi-BES le-min-ha-YOM LE-khet ha-ME-lekh ad-ha-YOM a-SHER-ba be-sha-LOM
Exegesis
The appositive ben-sha’ul {בֶּן־שָׁאוּל | ben-šā’ûl} ‘son of Saul’ clarifies his lineage.
Root and etymology
b-nbet–nun
“son”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:24
And Mephibosheth, son of Saul, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet , nor trimmed his beard , nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:24:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 19:24, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל (benshaul) 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 2 Sam.19.24.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.24.W2.S1) and character.