The son of a Canaanitish woman: that is, “Shaul [Saul], whose mother was from Canaan” or “Shaul, the son of a woman from Canaan.”
Quoted with permission from Reyburn, William D. and Fry, Euan McG. A Handbook on Genesis. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .