A solution to the enigma of the name שמשון $IM$ON
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 8:40 pm
It is certainly not from שמש $EME$, 'sun'.
I think it is the compound איש-מ-איש-און I$-M-I$-ON, or איש-עם-איש-און I$-IM-I$-ON, where one איש is מנוח MANOX, and the other one is איש האלוהים of Judges 13:6. For און ON recall Gen. 49:3
רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹרִי אַתָּה כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֹנִי
KJV: "Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength"
Isaac Fried, Boston University
I think it is the compound איש-מ-איש-און I$-M-I$-ON, or איש-עם-איש-און I$-IM-I$-ON, where one איש is מנוח MANOX, and the other one is איש האלוהים of Judges 13:6. For און ON recall Gen. 49:3
רְאוּבֵן בְּכֹרִי אַתָּה כֹּחִי וְרֵאשִׁית אוֹנִי
KJV: "Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength"
Isaac Fried, Boston University