Judges 16:20:6Judg.16.20.W6TAB
מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ
mishshenato
“from his sleep”
- Transliteration
- mish-she-na-TO
- Extended
- mihsh-sheh-nah-TOH
- IPA
- /miʃ.ʃənaːˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from his sleep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
mish-she-na-TO
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO
- clause
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
- 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
Exegesis
The shift to perfective aspect with vayikats mišənatō {וַיִּקַץ מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ | wa·yī·qaṣ miš·šə·nā·ṯō} ‘he awoke from his sleep’ marks Samson’s transition from unconsciousness to action.
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 16:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 16:20, so the Hebrew word מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ (mishshenato) 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.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.20.W6.S1) and character.