Judges 15:12:9Judg.15.12.W9TAB
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
shimshon
“Samson”
- Transliteration
- shim-SHON
- Extended
- shihm-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
- clause
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON hish-sha-VU LI pen-tif-ge-UN BI a-TEM
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU LO le-e-sar-KHA ya-RAD-nu le-tit-te-KHA be-YAD-pe-li-SHET-tim va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON hish-sha-VU LI pen-tif-ge-UN BI a-TEM
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Judges 15:12
And they said to him, “We have come down to bind you and hand you over to the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me yourselves.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 15:12, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (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.15.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.12.W9.S1) and character.