transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-mē-ən ]
noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek Symeōn, from Hebrew Shim‘ōn
Date: before 12th century
1. : a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel
2. : a devout man of Jerusalem held to have uttered the Nunc Dimittis on seeing the infant Jesus in the temple