Judges 15:11:10Judg.15.11.W10TAB
לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן
leshimshon
“to Samson”
- Transliteration
- le-shim-SHON
- Extended
- leh-shihm-SHOHN
- IPA
- /ləʃimˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Samson
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-shim-SHON
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON
- clause
va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu
- sentence
va-yer-DU she-lo-SHET a-la-FIM ISH mi-ye-hu-DA el-se-IF SE-la e-TAM va-yom-RU le-shim-SHON ha-LO ya-DAT-ta ki-mo-she-LIM BA-nu pe-lish-TIM u-ma-ZOT a-SI-ta LA-nu va-YO-mer la-HEM ka-a-SHER a-SU LI KEN a-SI-ti la-HEM
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Judges 15:11
Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the rock at Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are ruling over us? What is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:11:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 15:11, so the Hebrew word לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן (leshimshon) 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.15.11.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.11.W10.S1) and character.