Judges 15:10:9Judg.15.10.W9TAB
אֶת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙
etshimshon
“Samson”
- Transliteration
- et-shim-sHON
- Extended
- eht-shihm-SHOHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ʃimˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Samson
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-shim-sHON
- phraseyour reading level
le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON
- clause
va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
Exegesis
In the response, le’esor {לֶאֱסֹר | l(e)ʾəsôr} ‘to bind’ plus the object et-shimshon {אֶת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן | ʾeṯ-šimšōn} expresses intent.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Judges 15:10
And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come to bind Samson and to do to him just as he did to us."
About this coordinate
Judges 15:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 15:10, so the Hebrew word אֶת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ (etshimshon) 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.15.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.10.W9.S1) and character.