1 Samuel 19:11:61 Sam.19.11.W6TAB
לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ
leshamero
“to guard him”
- Transliteration
- le-sha-me-RO
- Extended
- leh-shaa-meh-ROH
- IPA
- /ləʃaːməˈroː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to guard him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
le-sha-me-RO
- clause
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH sha-UL mal-e-KHIM el-BET da-VID le-sha-me-RO ve-la-ha-mi-TO ba-BO-ker va-tag-GED le-da-VID mi-KHAL ish-TO le-mor im-EN-kha me-mal-LET et-naf-she-KHA ha-LAI-la ma-KHAR a-TA mu-MAT
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs ləšāmrō {לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ | ləšāmrō} ‘to guard him’ and wəlaḥammītō {וְלַהֲמִית֖וֹ | wəlaḥammītō} ‘and to kill him’ function as purpose clauses, with bab-bōqer {בַּבֹּ֑קֶר | bab-bōqer} ‘in the morning’ marking the time frame.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:11
Saul sent messengers to David’s house to keep watch and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, his wife, warned David, saying, “If you do not escape with your life tonight, tomorrow you will be slain.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word לְשָׁמְר֔וֹ (leshamero) 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 Sam.19.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.11.W6.S1) and character.