Judges 15:7:3Judg.15.7.W3TAB
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 im-ta-a-SUN ka-ZOT
- sentence
va-YO-mer la-HEM shim-SHON im-ta-a-SUN ka-ZOT KI im-nik-KAM-ti va-KHEM ve-a-KHAR e-KHDAL
Exegesis
The verse begins with the vav-consecutive verb vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | wayyōmer}, introducing direct speech by shimshon {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | Šimšōn}.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sun”
In context — Judges 15:7
Samson said to them, “If you act like this, surely I will take vengeance on you; and afterward, I will cease.”
About this coordinate
Judges 15:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 15:7, 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.15.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.7.W3.S1) and character.