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
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
E-shet shim-SHON
- clause
va-te-HI E-shet shim-SHON
- 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 context — Judges 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.