Judges 16:1:2Judg.16.1.W2TAB
שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-LEKH shim-SHON
- clause
va-ye-LEKH shim-SHON a-za-TA
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH shim-SHON a-za-TA va-yar-E-SHAM i-SHA zo-NA va-ya-VO e-LE-ha
Exegesis
Shimshon {שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן | šimšôn} immediately follows the first verb as agent.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sunlike”
In context — Judges 16:1
And Samson went to Gaza . He saw there a prostitute and went in to her.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:1, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן (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.16.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.1.W2.S1) and character.