שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ

   sha-MAR-ta

   you kept or guarded
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ

   LO sha-MAR-ta

   not you kept or guarded
3. clause🔊 בִּקֵּשׁ֩ יְהוָ֨ה ל֜וֹ אִ֣ישׁ כִּלְבָב֗וֹ וַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּ יְהוָ֤ה לְנָגִיד֙ עַל־עַמּ֔וֹ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶֽׁר־צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָֽה׃

   bik-KESH ye-ho-VAH LO ISH kil-va-VO va-ye-tsa-VE-hu ye-ho-VAH le-na-GID al-a-MO KI LO sha-MAR-ta ET a-sher-tsiv-KHA ye-ho-VAH

   he has sought the LORD for himself or for him a man according to his heart and he commanded him the LORD to be ruler or leader over his people because not you kept or guarded {direct object marker} which he commanded you the LORD
4. sentence🔊 וְעַתָּ֖ה מַמְלַכְתְּךָ֣ לֹא־תָק֑וּם בִּקֵּשׁ֩ יְהוָ֨ה ל֜וֹ אִ֣ישׁ כִּלְבָב֗וֹ וַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּ יְהוָ֤ה לְנָגִיד֙ עַל־עַמּ֔וֹ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶֽׁר־צִוְּךָ֖ יְהוָֽה׃

   ve-a-TA mam-la-KHE-kha lo-ta-KUM bik-KESH ye-ho-VAH LO ISH kil-va-VO va-ye-tsa-VE-hu ye-ho-VAH le-na-GID al-a-MO KI LO sha-MAR-ta ET a-sher-tsiv-KHA ye-ho-VAH

   and now your kingdom will not stand or endure he has sought the LORD for himself or for him a man according to his heart and he commanded him the LORD to be ruler or leader over his people because not you kept or guarded {direct object marker} which he commanded you the LORD

Exegesis

Finally, the causal conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} connects the loss of kingship to covenant unfaithfulness, expressed by the Qal perfect shamarta {שָׁמַ֔רְתָּ | shā-mar-tā} ‘you kept’ governing the relative clause et asher-tsivkha {אֵת אֲשֶׁר־צִוְּךָ | ʾēt ʾă-šer-ṣiv-khā}, preserving Hebrew clause structure.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־מ־רshin-mem-resh

“to keep, guard”

• 🔊 מִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeretduty, chargeNumbers 3:7
• 🔊 שָמוּרšāmūrkeptGenesis 17:9