1 Kings 13:21:161 Kgs.13.21.W16TAB
שָׁמַ֙רְתָּ֙
shamarta
“kept”
- Transliteration
- sha-MAR-ta
- Extended
- shaa-MAHR-tah
- IPA
- /ʃaːˈmar.taː/
Meaning by language
- English
- kept
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO sha-MAR-ta
- clause
YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
va-yik-RA el-ISH ha-e-lo-HIM a-sher-BA mi-ye-hu-DA le-MOR KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an KI ma-RI-ta PI ye-ho-VAH ve-LO sha-MAR-ta et-ha-mits-VA a-SHER tsiv-e-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
Two perfect aspect verbs, māritā {מָרִיתָ | māritā} ‘you have rebelled’ and šāmartā {שָׁמַרְתָּ | šāmartā} ‘you have kept/not kept’, frame the theme of disobedience by contrasting rebellion with failure to keep.
In context — 1 Kings 13:21
And he called to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have rebelled against the mouth of the LORD and have not kept the command which the LORD your God commanded you.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word שָׁמַ֙רְתָּ֙ (shamarta) 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 Kgs.13.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.21.W16.S1) and character.