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title: שָׁאוּל — Saul · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁאוּל (7586), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 406 times: Saul. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁאוּל

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«שָׁאוּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Saul** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 406 times · **Key:** 7586 · **BDB:** שָׁאוּל

### Glosses

Saul (302); of.Saul (89); Shaul (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Saul [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7586/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7586/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (= asked (of י׳), cf. שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל infr.; Palm. n.pr. שאילא Lzb371 Cooke283);—Σαουλ: 397 1st king of Isr., 1 S 9:2, 3(×2), 5 (son of Kish, a Benjamite) + 359 times Sm, 28 times 1 Chr, ψ 18:1; 52:2; 54:2; 57:1; 59:1 (all in titles); גִּבְעַת שׁ׳ Is 10:29 (and 1 S 11:4; 15:34; 2 S 21:6 v. II. גִּבְעָה). a king of Edom Gn 36:37, 38 (P) = 1 Ch 1:48, 49. a son of Simeon Gn 46:10; Ex 6:15; Nu 26:13 (all P) = 1 Ch 4:24. a Levite 1 Ch 6:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 21 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁאוּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7586/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 4:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.24/)

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בְּנֵ֖י שִׁמְע֑וֹן נְמוּאֵ֣ל וְיָמִ֔ין יָרִ֖יב זֶ֥רַח שָׁאֽוּל׃

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Simeon \[were\].Nemuel and Jamin Jarib Zerah Shaul

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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[Numbers 26:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.26.13/)

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לְזֶ֕רַח מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַזַּרְחִ֑י לְשָׁא֕וּל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁאוּלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* of Zerah the.clan of the.Zerahite\[s\] of Shaul the.clan of the.Shaulite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

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