2 Chronicles 12:10:112 Chr.12.10.W11TAB
הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים
hashomerim
“the ones guarding”
- Transliteration
- ha-sho-me-RIM
- Extended
- hah-shoh-meh-REEM
- IPA
- /haʃ.ʃoːməˈriːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ones guarding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-sho-me-RIM
- clause
ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ME-lekh re-kha-VA-am takh-te-E-HEM ma-gi-NE ne-KHO-shet ve-hif-KID al-YAD sa-RE ha-ra-TSIM ha-sho-me-RIM PE-takh BET ha-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The pairs ṣārē harāṣīm {שָׂרֵ֣י הָרָצִ֔ים | ṣārē harāṣīm} ‘commanders of the runners’ and haššōmrīm {הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים | haššōmrīm} ‘the guards’ define the royal guard unit.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:10
And King Rehoboam made bronze shields in their place, and he appointed them under the care of the commanders of the runners—the guards at the entrance of the king’s house .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Chronicles 12:10, so the Hebrew word הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים (hashomerim) 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 2 Chr.12.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.10.W11.S1) and character.