שאול

Aramaic

Proper noun

שָׁאוּל • (šāʾūl)

1. (biblical) Saul
2. a male given name

See also

• שְׁאִילָא (šəʾīlā)

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
שׁ־א־ל (sh-ʾ-l)

Passive participle of שָׁאַל (sha'ál, “to ask, to borrow”). Proper noun follows from Adjective.

Adjective

שָׁאוּל • (shaúl) (feminine שְׁאוּלָה, masculine plural שְׁאוּלִים, feminine plural שְׁאוּלוֹת) [pattern: קָטוּל]

1. borrowed
   • Tanach, 2 Kings 6:5:

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     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

שָׁאוּל • (shaúl) m

1. a male given name, Shaul, equivalent to English Saul

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

שְׁאוֹל • (sheól) m or f

1. The netherworld (where the dead reside)
   • Tanach, 1 Samuel 2:6:

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     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:

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     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

• → Aramaic: שׁיוּל (Šyūl)
• → Classical Syriac: ܫܝܽܘܠ (Šyūl), ܫܝܘܿܠ (Šyōl)
• → English: Sheol

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Yiddish

Proper noun

שאול • (Shoel) m

1. a male given name, Saul