Judges 16:2:4Judg.16.2.W4TAB
שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙
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
- phraseyour reading level
BA shim-sHON
- clause
la-a-za-TIM le-MOR BA shim-sHON HEN-na va-ya-SO-bu va-ye-er-VU-lo khol-ha-LAI-la be-SHA-ar ha-IR
- sentence
la-a-za-TIM le-MOR BA shim-sHON HEN-na va-ya-SO-bu va-ye-er-VU-lo khol-ha-LAI-la be-SHA-ar ha-IR va-yit-kha-re-SHU khol-ha-LAI-la le-MOR ad-OR ha-BO-ker va-ha-reg-NU-hu
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sunlike”
In context — Judges 16:2
It was told to the Gazites that Samson has come here, so they surrounded and lay in wait for him at the city gate throughout the night, remaining silent until dawn when they planned to kill him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:2, 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.16.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.2.W4.S1) and character.