Judges 16:20:4Judg.16.20.W4TAB
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-to-MER pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON
- sentence
va-to-MER pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yo-MER e-TSE ke-FA-am be-FA-am ve-in-na-ER ve-HU LO ya-DA KI Ye-ho-VAH SAR me-a-LAV
Root and etymology
š-m-šshin–mem–shin
“sun, luminous one”
In context — Judges 16:20
And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep , and he said, “I will go out time after time and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:20, 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.16.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.20.W4.S1) and character.