Judges 14:1:2Judg.14.1.W2TAB
שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן
shimshon
“Samson”
- Transliteration
- shim-SHON
- Extended
- shim-SHOHN
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Samson
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-red shim-SHON
- clause
va-YE-red shim-SHON tim-na-TA
- sentence
va-YE-red shim-SHON tim-na-TA va-YAR-e i-SHA be-tim-na-TA mib-be-NOT pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The narrative employs the vav-consecutive imperfect verb vayyêreḏ {וַיֵּ֥רֶד | wayyêreḏ} ‘and he went down’ to indicate sequential action, introducing shimšōn {שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן | šimšōn} as the subject.
Root and etymology
שׁ–מ–ש
“sun”
In context — Judges 14:1
And Samson went down to Timnah , and he saw a woman in Timnah from among the daughters of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 14:1, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן (shimshon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.14.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.1.W2.S1) and character.