Judges 14:16:3Judg.14.16.W3TAB
שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן
shimshon
“Samson”
- Transliteration
- shim-SHON
- Extended
- shihm-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-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON
- clause
va-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON a-LAV va-TO-mer rak-se-NE-ta-ni ve-LO a-hav-TA-ni ha-khi-DA KHAD-ta liv-NE a-MI ve-LI LO hi-GAD-ta
- sentence
va-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON a-LAV va-TO-mer rak-se-NE-ta-ni ve-LO a-hav-TA-ni ha-khi-DA KHAD-ta liv-NE a-MI ve-LI LO hi-GAD-ta va-YO-mer LAH hi-NE le-a-VI u-le-i-MI LO hi-GAD-ti ve-LAKH a-GID
Exegesis
The construct phrase eshet Shimshon {אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן | ʾēšeṯ Šimšôn} ‘wife of Samson’ establishes relational context.
Root and etymology
שׁ–מ–ש
“sun”
In context — Judges 14:16
Then the wife of Samson wept before him and said, "Surely you hate me and do not love me. You have posed the riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not told me." He replied, "Look, I have not even told it to my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?"
About this coordinate
Judges 14:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 14:16, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן (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.14.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.16.W3.S1) and character.