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title: שִׁמְשׁוֹן — Samson · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְשׁוֹן (8123), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: Samson. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Samson. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמְשׁוֹן

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«שִׁמְשׁוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Samson** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 8123 · **BDB:** שִׁמְשׁוֹן

### Glosses

Samson (30); O.Samson (4); of.Samson (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Samson [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8123/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Samson [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8123/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁמְשׁוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8123/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 14:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.20/)

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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.

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[Judges 14:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.7/)

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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.

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