Judges 16:14:7Judg.16.14.W7TAB
שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן
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-tit-KA ba-ya-TED va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- sentence
va-tit-KA ba-ya-TED va-TO-mer e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yis-SA et-ha-ye-TAD ha-E-reg ve-et-ha-mas-SA-khet
Exegesis
The abrupt address ʿāleykha Šimšōn {עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן | ʿāleykha Šimšōn} captures the sudden urgency of the warning.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sunlike”
In context — Judges 16:14
And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson.” And he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the fabric.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:14:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 16:14, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן (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.16.14.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.14.W7.S1) and character.