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title: שְׁמוּאֵל — Samuel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁמוּאֵל (8050), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 140 times: Samuel. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Samuel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁמוּאֵל

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«שְׁמוּאֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Samuel** — 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:** 140 times · **Key:** 8050 · **BDB:** שְׁמוּאֵל

### Glosses

Samuel (123); of.Samuel (11); O.Samuel (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Samuel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8050/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Samuel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8050/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Samuel (= name of Ēl Thes al. (or, his name is Ēl HomHeb. Trad. 98 f. WklKAT3 225 Now 1 S 1:20), cf. פְּנוּאֵל, רְעוּאֵל; v. Dr 1 S 1:20; PrätZMG 1903, 777 ff. caritative from יִשְׁמָעֵאל; Palm. שמואל Lzb 377; v. further GieAT1 Schätzung d. Gottesn. (1901), 102 ff.);— great prophet, 11th cent. b.c., Σαμουηλ: 1 S 1:20 (name expl. as if from שָׁאַל), 1:18, 21, 26 + 125 times 1 S, 1 Ch 6:13, 18; 9:22; 11:3; 26:28; 29:29; 2 Ch 35:18; Je 15:1 ψ 99:6. in Simeon, Nu 34:20 (P), Σαλαμιηλ. in Issachar 1 Ch 7:2, (Ι)σαμουηλ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁמוּאֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8050/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 34:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.20/)

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וּלְמַטֵּה֙ בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְע֔וֹן שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בֶּן־עַמִּיהֽוּד׃

*Word for word:* and of the.tribe of.the.descendants of.Simeon Shemuel the.son of.Ammihud

*JPS 1917:* And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.

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[1 Samuel 15:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.10/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and it.came the.word of.Yahweh to Samuel (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying:

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