2 Samuel 21:4:82 Sam.21.4.W8TAB
עִם־שָׁא֣וּל
imshaul
“with Saul”
- Transliteration
- im-sha-UL
- Extended
- ihm-shaa-OOL
- IPA
- /ʕim.ʃɑːˈʔuːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- with Saul
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — 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
im-sha-UL
- phraseyour reading level
im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER MA-a-TEM o-me-RIM e-e-SE LA-khem
Exegesis
The coordinated prepositional phrases im-shaul ve-im-beito {עִם־שָׁא֣וּל וְעִם־בֵּית֔וֹ | ʿim-šāʼûl wə-ʿim-bētô} specify the source, while ve-ein-lanu ish lehamit {וְאֵֽין־לָ֥נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְהָמִ֣ית | wə-ʾēn-lā-nû īš le-hā-mîṯ} negates personal vengeance.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:4
And the Gibeonites said to him, “We have no silver or gold with Saul or with his house, nor do we have any man to kill in Israel.” And he said, “Say what you require, and I will do it for you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word עִם־שָׁא֣וּל (imshaul) 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.21.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.4.W8.S1) and character.