Judges 14:20:3Judg.14.20.W3TAB

שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן

shimshon

Samson

Transliteration
shim-SHON
Extended
shim-SHOHN
IPA
/ʃimˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
Samson

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁמְ + שׁ֑וֹן
shim + shon
shimshon

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    shim-SHON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    E-shet shim-SHON

  3. clause

    va-te-HI E-shet shim-SHON

  4. sentence

    va-te-HI E-shet shim-SHON le-me-re-E-hu a-SHER re-A LO

Exegesis

The construct eshet shimshon {אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן | ʾêš-et šîm-šôn} ‘wife of Samson’ establishes possession, and the prepositional phrase le-mere-e-hu {לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ | lə-mē-rê-eh-û} ‘to his companion’ indicates the transfer of marital rights.

Root and etymology

Rootš-m-š

sun

In contextJudges 14:20

And Samson’s wife was given to his companion , who had befriended him.

About this coordinate

Judges 14:20:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 14:20, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן (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.14.20.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.20.W3.S1) and character.