שאול

שָׁאוּל • (šāʾūl)

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

• שְׁאִילָא‎ (šəʾīlā)

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

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

1. borrowed
   • 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.’

שָׁאוּל • (shaúl) m

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

שְׁאוֹל • (sheól) m or f

1. The netherworld (where the dead reside)
   • 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.

   • 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.

שאול • (Shoel) m

1. A male given name, Saul