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שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8123

Samson — used 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Samson tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שִׁמְשׁוֹן: n.pr.m. Samson tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. Samson (Assyrian n.pr. Šamšânu, HilprMurâshu 27, 70; on שמש in Arabic n.pr. trib. cf. NöZMG xi (1886), 166);—Σαμψων: Ju 13:24; 14:1, 3 + 35 times Ju 14, 15, 16.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Samson (30); O Samson (4); of Samson (4).

In the verses

Judges 14:20 · tree →

וַתְּהִ֖י אֵ֣שֶׁת שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר רֵעָ֖ה לֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and she.belonged the.wife of.Samson to his.close friend who he.was.a.special.friend to him

JPS 1917: But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had had for his friend.

Judges 14:7 · tree →

וַיֵּ֖רֶד וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר לָאִשָּׁ֑ה וַתִּישַׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

Word for word: and he.went.down and he.spoke to the woman and she.was.pleasing in the.eyes of.Samson

JPS 1917: And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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