שאול

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Aramaic

Proper noun

שָׁאוּל • (šāʾūl)

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

See also

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

שָׁאוּל • (sha'úl) (feminine שְׁאוּלָה, masculine plural שְׁאוּלִים, feminine plural שְׁאוּלוֹת)

  1. 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

שָׁאוּל • (sha'úl) m

  1. a male given name, Shaul, equivalent to English Saul
  2. (biblical) Saul (the first king of Israel in the Old Testament)

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

שְׁאוֹל • (she'ól) m or f

  1. 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
  • → Aramaic: שׁיוּל (Šyūl)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܫܝܽܘܠ (Šyūl), ܫܝܘܿܠ (Šyōl)
  • → English: Sheol

Yiddish

Proper noun

שאול • (Shoel) m

  1. a male given name, Saul
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