1 Samuel 19:2:101 Sam.19.2.W10TAB
הִשָּֽׁמֶר־נָ֣א
hishshamerna
“be on guard, please”
- Transliteration
- hish-sha-MER-NA
- Extended
- hihsh-shah-MEHR-NAA
- IPA
- /hiʃ.ʃaːˈmɛr.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- be on guard, please
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
hish-sha-MER-NA
- phraseyour reading level
hish-sha-MER-NA va-BO-ker
- clause
ve-a-TA hish-sha-MER-NA va-BO-ker ve-ya-shav-TA va-SE-ter ve-nakh-BE-ta
- sentence
va-yag-GED ye-ho-na-TAN le-da-VID le-MOR me-vak-KESH sha-UL a-VI la-ha-MI-te-kha ve-a-TA hish-sha-MER-NA va-BO-ker ve-ya-shav-TA va-SE-ter ve-nakh-BE-ta
Exegesis
The Hitpael imperative hishamer-na {הִשָּׁמֶר־נָא | hisšāmer-nāʼ} ‘be on guard please’ employs the polite particle na, softening the command and emphasizing urgency.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to guard oneself”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:2
And Jonathan told David, saying, “My father Saul is seeking to kill you. Now be on guard, please, in the morning, and you shall remain in the hiding place and you shall hide yourself.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 19:2, so the Hebrew word הִשָּֽׁמֶר־נָ֣א (hishshamerna) 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.19.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.2.W10.S1) and character.