וְאִמּ֖וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאִמּ֖וֹ

   ve-im-MO

   and his mother
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאָבִ֥יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ

   ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO

   and his father and his mother
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן וְאָבִ֥יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ תִּמְנָ֑תָה

   va-YE-red shim-shon ve-a-VIV ve-im-MO tim-na-TA

   and he went down Samson and his father and his mother to Timnah
4. sentence🔊 וַיֵּ֧רֶד שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן וְאָבִ֥יו וְאִמּ֖וֹ תִּמְנָ֑תָה וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ עַד־כַּרְמֵ֣י תִמְנָ֔תָה וְהִנֵּה֙ כְּפִ֣יר אֲרָי֔וֹת שֹׁאֵ֖ג לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃

   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

   and he went down Samson and his father and his mother to Timnah and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah and behold a young lion of lions roaring to meet him

Exegesis

The proper name Shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šim·shōn} introduces the protagonist, followed by the coordinated ve’aviv {וְאָבִיו | wə·’ā·vî·w} ‘his father’ and ve’imo {וְאִמּוֹ | wə·’im·mō} ‘his mother’, indicating family accompaniment.