Judges 16:10:3Judg.16.10.W3TAB

אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן

elshimshon

“to Samson”

Transliteration: el-shim-sHON
Extended: ehl-shihm-SHOHN
IPA: /ʔɛl.ʃimˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English: to Samson

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אֶל + שִׁמְ + שׁ֔וֹן

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el + shim + shon

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elshimshon

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Lamed	l as in law
	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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

word
el-shim-sHON
clause
va-to-MER de-li-LA el-shim-sHON hi-NE he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM
sentence
va-to-MER de-li-LA el-shim-sHON hi-NE he-TAL-ta BI va-te-da-BER e-LAI ke-za-VIM a-TA ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME te-a-SER

Exegesis

The proper names Delilah {דְּלִילָה | də·lî·lā} and Samson {שִׁמְשׁוֹן | šim·šôn} establish the participants, immediately followed by the attention marker hinneh {הִנֵּה | hîn·nêh} ‘behold,’ intensifying Delilah’s emotive charge.

Root and etymology

Rootshin–mem–shin

“sunlike”

In context — Judges 16:10

And Delilah said to Samson, “Behold, you have mocked me and spoken lies to me; now please tell me —by what can you be bound?”

About this coordinate

Judges 16:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 16:10, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (elshimshon) 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.16.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.10.W3.S1) and character.

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