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2 Samuel 3:7
“And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7586 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
- Derivation
- passive participle of H7592 (שָׁאַל); asked;
- KJV renderings
- Saul, Shaul.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- שָׁא֣וּל — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 406 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 36:37Genesis 36:38Genesis 46:10Exodus 6:15Numbers 26:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁאוּל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.