1 Chronicles 22:12:81 Chr.22.12.W8TAB

וְלִשְׁמ֕וֹר

velishmor

and to keep

Transliteration
ve-lish-MOR
Extended
veh-lihsh-MOHR
IPA
/vəliʃˈmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
and to keep

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Result
וְ + לִשְׁ + מ֕וֹר
ve + lish + mor
velishmor

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-lish-MOR

  2. clause

    ve-lish-MOR et-TO-rat Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kHA

  3. sentence

    AKH yit-TEN-le-KHA Ye-ho-VAH SE-khel u-vi-NA vi-tsa-VE-kHA al-yis-ra-EL ve-lish-MOR et-TO-rat Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kHA

In context1 Chronicles 22:12

May the LORD grant you wisdom and understanding and give you charge over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God .

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 22:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 22:12, so the Hebrew word וְלִשְׁמ֕וֹר (velishmor) 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 1 Chr.22.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.22.12.W8.S1) and character.