Judges 16:6:3Judg.16.6.W3TAB
אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן
elshimshon
“to Samson”
- Transliteration
- el-shim-sHON
- Extended
- ehl-shihm-shOHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ʃimˈʃoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Samson
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-shim-sHON
- clause
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL
- sentence
va-TO-mer de-li-LA el-shim-sHON ha-gi-DA-na LI ba-ME ko-KHA-kha ga-DOL u-va-ME te-a-SER le-a-no-TE-kha
Exegesis
The compound prepositional noun el-shimshon {אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן | ʾel-šim-šôn} marks Delilah’s address to Samson.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–shin
“sunlike”
In context — Judges 16:6
And Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me by what means your strength is so great, and by what you can be bound to be afflicted ?”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 16:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (elshimshon) 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.16.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.6.W3.S1) and character.