Numbers 2:12:4Num.2.12.W4TAB
שִׁמְע֑וֹן
shimon
“of Simeon”
- Transliteration
- shim-ON
- Extended
- shim-OHN
- IPA
- /ʃimˈʕoːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
mat-TEH shim-ON
- clause
ve-ha-KHO-nim a-LAV mat-TEH shim-ON
- sentence
ve-ha-KHO-nim a-LAV mat-TEH shim-ON ve-na-SI liv-NEI shim-ON she-lu-mi-EL ben-tsu-RI-shad-DAI
Exegesis
The construct chain livnei Shim‘on {לִבְנֵ֣י שִׁמְע֔וֹן | lib-nē Šim-ʿōn} “of the sons of Simeon” specifies the kin group under authority.
In context — Numbers 2:12
And those who camp beside him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon is Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 2:12, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְע֑וֹן (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.2.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.12.W4.S1) and character.