Joshua 15:28:2Josh.15.28.W2TAB

שׁוּעָ֛ל

shooal

Shual

Transliteration
shoo-AL
Extended
shoo-AHL
IPA
/ʃuˈʕaːl/

Meaning by language

English
Shual

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Result
שׁוּ + עָ֛ל
shoo + al
shooal

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    shoo-AL

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-kha-TSAR shoo-AL

  3. sentence

    va-kha-TSAR shoo-AL u-ve-ER she-VA u-viz-yo-te-YA

Exegesis

The first generic vachatser {וַחֲצַ֥ר | vaḥaṣaṭer} ‘settlement’ and the third uve'er {וּבְאֵ֥ר | uḇeʾēr} ‘well’ introduce the specific names shu'al {שׁוּעָ֛ל | šūʿāl} ‘Shual’ and šeḇaʿ {שֶׁ֖בַע | šeḇaʿ} ‘Sheba’.

Root and etymology

š-ʿ-lshin–ayin–lamed

fox

In contextJoshua 15:28

Hazar Shual , Beersheba , and Biziothiah.

About this coordinate

Joshua 15:28:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Joshua 15:28, so the Hebrew word שׁוּעָ֛ל (shooal) 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 Josh.15.28.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.28.W2.S1) and character.