Judges 14:5:12Judg.14.5.W12TAB
שֹׁאֵ֖ג
shoeg
“roaring”
- Transliteration
- sho-EG
- Extended
- shoh-EHG
- IPA
- /ʃoˈʔeːɣ/
Meaning by language
- English
- roaring
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Gimel | g as in good |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-EG
- clause
va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO
- sentence
va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA va-ya-VO-u ad-kar-ME tim-na-TA ve-hin-NE ke-FIR a-ra-YOT sho-EG lik-ra-TO
Exegesis
The participle sho’eg {שֹׁאֵג | šō·’ēg} ‘roaring’ adds immediacy, and liqrato {לִקְרָאתוֹ | liq·rā·’ō·ṯô} ‘toward him’ indicates direction, culminating in a vivid, suspenseful encounter.
Root and etymology
שׁ–א–ג
“roar”
In context — Judges 14:5
And Samson went down with his father and his mother to Timnah, and they came to the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion was roaring as it came toward him.
About this coordinate
Judges 14:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 14:5, so the Hebrew word שֹׁאֵ֖ג (shoeg) 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.14.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.5.W12.S1) and character.