שאול
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Aramaic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]שָׁאוּל • (šāʾūl)
- (biblical) Saul
- a male given name
See also
[edit]- שְׁאִילָא (šəʾīlā)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
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שׁ־א־ל (sh-ʾ-l) |
Passive participle of שָׁאַל (sha'ál, “to ask, to borrow”). Proper noun follows from Adjective.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃa.ˈ(ʔ)ul/
Adjective
[edit]שָׁאוּל • (sha'úl) (feminine שְׁאוּלָה, masculine plural שְׁאוּלִים, feminine plural שְׁאוּלוֹת) [pattern: קָטוּל]
- borrowed
- Tanach, 2 Kings 6:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיְהִי הָאֶחָד מַפִּיל הַקּוֹרָה וְאֶת־הַבַּרְזֶל נָפַל אֶל־הַמָּיִם וַיִּצְעַק וַיֹּאמֶר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנִי וְהוּא שָׁאוּל׃
- Va-y'hi ha-eḥad mapil ha-qorah v-et ha-barzel nafal el ha-máyim, va-yitzʿaq va-yómer "ahah adoni! v'-hu shaul."
- But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: ‘Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.’
Proper noun
[edit]שָׁאוּל • (sha'úl) m
- a male given name, Shaul, equivalent to English Saul
- (biblical) Saul (the first king of Israel in the Old Testament)
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]שאול on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃe.ˈ(ʔ)ol/, /ʃʔol/
Noun
[edit]שְׁאוֹל • (she'ól) m or f
- The netherworld (where the dead reside)
- Tanach, 1 Samuel 2:6, with translation of the English Standard Version:
- יְהוָה מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה מֹורִיד שְׁאֹול וַיָּֽעַל׃
- The LORD kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- Tanach, Proverbs 9:18, with translation of the New International Version:
- וְֽלֹא־יָדַע כִּֽי־רְפָאִים שָׁם בְּעִמְקֵי שְׁאֹול קְרֻאֶֽיהָ׃
- But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
Descendants
[edit]Yiddish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]שאול • (Shoel) m
- a male given name, Saul
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