Numbers 13:5:2Num.13.5.W2TAB
שִׁמְע֔וֹן
shimon
“Simeon”
- Transliteration
- shim-ON
- Extended
- shim-OWN
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʕoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- Simeon
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| 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-ON
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-TEH shim-ON
- sentence
le-ma-TEH shim-ON sha-FAT ben-KHO-ri
Exegesis
The prepositional construct lematteh {לְמַטֵּה | lə·mat·tê} ‘to tribe’ introduces the enumeration of tribal representatives, with shimon {שִׁמְעוֹן | šim·ʕôn} ‘Simeon’ specifying the tribe.
Root and etymology
š-m-ʕshin-mem-ayin
“to hear”
In context — Numbers 13:5
From the tribe of Simeon , Shaphat son of Hori.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 13:5, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְע֔וֹן (shimon) 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 Num.13.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.5.W2.S1) and character.