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

Result
שִׁמְ + שׁ֔וֹן
shim + shon
shimshon

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    shim-SHON

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON hish-sha-VU LI pen-tif-ge-UN BI a-TEM

  3. 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 contextJudges 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.