Etymology?:
passive participle of šāʾal שָׁאַל ‘to ask’
Roots:
שׁאל שׁאל
šāʾūl pr n m pers
Saul or Shaul = "desired"
1) a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the 1st king of Israel
2) an early king of Edom and a successor of Samlah
3) a son of Simeon
4) a Levite, son of Uzziah
Mentioned in Genesis 46:10, 36:38, 36:37 Exodus 6:15 Numbers 26:13 1 Samuel 9:3, 9:5, 10:12, 14:1, 14:51, 17:15, 17:34, 18:2, 18:18, 19:2, 19:4, 20:32, 20:33, 22:22, 23:17, 15:9, 31:4, 17:13, 31:2, 21:8, 26:6, 26:7, 22:21, 23:9, 15:35, 16:1, 14:33, 14:50, 17:55, 17:57, 20:25, 26:5, 15:20, 22:12, 24:9, 26:17, 17:32, 24:10, 14:47, 22:9, 16:21, 18:1, 18:20, 18:22, 18:28, 13:2, 29:3, 28:3, 28:7, 28:8, 28:9, 14:36, 28:6, 9:7, 9:15, 11:4, 18:23, 11:7, 14:40, 16:20, 27:1, 14:18, 11:5, 13:4, 13:7, 14:37, 14:46, 15:11, 15:31, 17:14, 23:25, 23:28, 24:2, 24:6, 26:3, 19:21, 9:18, 14:24, 18:25, 18:29, 19:17, 24:5, 16:2, 9:2, 10:14, 14:17, 19:11, 26:12, 9:8, 9:10, 9:17, 9:22, 10:11, 11:12, 11:13, 11:15, 13:15, 14:2, 14:20, 14:34, 14:52, 15:4, 16:17, 17:2, 17:8, 17:12, 17:33, 18:27, 23:8, 23:12, 23:13, 23:24, 23:26, 24:3, 24:4, 24:8, 24:23, 26:2, 28:14, 31:6, 31:7, 31:12, 18:8, 18:17, 21:11, 21:12, 9:19, 9:24, 28:20, 28:25, 28:13, 9:21, 9:26, 9:27, 10:16, 13:9, 13:13, 14:19, 14:41, 14:43, 14:45, 15:1, 15:6, 15:13, 15:16, 15:24, 15:26, 15:34, 16:15, 16:19, 16:22, 16:23, 17:37, 17:39, 17:58, 18:10, 18:21, 19:1, 19:7, 19:9, 19:15, 19:18, 20:27, 22:13, 23:10, 23:16, 23:19, 23:27, 24:17, 26:1, 26:4, 26:25, 28:12, 28:15, 28:21, 31:3, 31:11, 17:19, 11:6, 17:11, 18:24, 10:26, 14:44, 15:15, 19:20, 23:7, 23:11, 23:14, 18:7, 18:13, 22:7, 29:5, 20:30, 19:6, 28:10, 10:15, 13:3, 13:11, 14:38, 14:42, 15:12, 18:11, 19:14, 19:19, 19:24, 20:26, 23:21, 26:21, 18:5, 22:6, 18:6, 18:19, 25:44, 11:11, 13:22, 14:21, 15:7, 17:31, 18:15, 10:21, 14:35, 16:14, 17:38, 18:9, 19:10, 20:28, 23:15, 28:4, 28:5, 31:8, 13:10, 15:5, 14:49, 9:25, 13:1, 13:16, 14:16, 27:4, 31:5, 18:12, 18:30 2 Samuel 3:7, 3:8, 9:7, 21:14, 16:8, 2:8, 2:12, 3:6, 4:1, 2:5, 2:7, 4:8, 9:9, 1:2, 1:23, 3:13, 4:2, 6:20, 1:22, 4:10, 1:1, 2:10, 21:1, 22:1, 21:8, 21:11, 1:5, 21:4, 2:4, 9:3, 12:7, 16:5, 19:18, 21:6, 2:15, 3:14, 1:21, 1:4, 1:24, 9:2, 9:6, 21:2, 4:4, 1:6, 5:2, 9:1, 21:13, 6:16, 3:1, 7:15, 19:25, 21:7, 21:12, 3:10, 1:17, 1:12, 6:23 Isaiah 10:29 Psalms 52:2, 18:1, 57:1, 59:1, 54:2 1 Chronicles 10:4, 8:33, 9:39, 10:2, 12:2, 26:28, 12:20, 5:10, 10:13, 6:9, 12:30, 10:7, 10:12, 12:1, 12:24, 13:3, 11:2, 15:29, 10:11, 10:8, 10:6, 1:49, 4:24, 10:5, 10:3, 1:48