Judges 15:6:7Judg.15.6.W7TAB
שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙
shimshon
“Samson”
- Transliteration
- shim-SHON
- Extended
- shim-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-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru pe-lish-TIM MI a-SA ZOT va-yo-ME-ru shim-SHON kha-TAN ha-tim-NI KI la-KHAKH et-ish-TO va-yit-ne-NAH le-me-re-E-hu va-ya-a-LU pe-lish-TIM va-yis-re-FU o-TAH ve-et-a-VI-ha ba-ESH
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Judges 15:6
The Philistines said, “Who has done this?” And they said, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” Then the Philistines went up and burned her and her father with fire.
About this coordinate
Judges 15:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 15:6, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ (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.15.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.6.W7.S1) and character.