Judges 16:3:2Judg.16.3.W2TAB

שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮

shimshon

Samson

Transliteration
shim-SHON
Extended
shim-SHOHN
IPA
/ʃimˈʃoːn/

Meaning by language

English
Samson

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
שִׁמְ + שׁוֹן֮
shim + shon
shimshon

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    shim-SHON

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yish-KAV shim-SHON

  3. clause

    va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV

  4. sentence

    va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV va-ya-a-LEM el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI khev-RON

Root and etymology

shmš

sun; strength

In contextJudges 16:3

Samson lay down until midnight, and then he arose and grasped the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, carried them together with the bolt, placed them on his shoulders, and brought them up to the top of the mountain that faces Hebron .

About this coordinate

Judges 16:3:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:3, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ (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.16.3.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.3.W2.S1) and character.