Judges 15:4:2Judg.15.4.W2TAB
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH shim-sHON
- clause
va-ye-LEKH shim-sHON va-yil-KOD she-LOSH-me-OT shu-a-LIM
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH shim-sHON va-yil-KOD she-LOSH-me-OT shu-a-LIM va-yik-KAKH la-pi-DIM va-ye-FEN za-NAV el-za-NAV va-ya-SEM la-PID e-KHAD BEN-she-NE ha-ze-na-VOT ba-ta-VEKH
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sunlike; strong one”
In context — Judges 15:4
Samson went out, captured three hundred foxes, and took torches. He tied them tail to tail and set one torch between the two tails, in the middle .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 15:4, 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.15.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.4.W2.S1) and character.