Aramaic

Proper noun

שָׁאוּל • ‎(šāʾūl)

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

See also

• שְׁאִילָא ‎(šəʾīlā)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

1. borrowed

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Proper noun

שָׁאוּל • ‎(shaúl) m

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

Noun

שְׁאוֹל • ‎(sheól) m 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.

Yiddish

Proper noun

שאול • ‎(shoel) m

1. A male given name, Saul