2 Chronicles 23:6:132 Chr.23.6.W13TAB
מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת
mishmeret
“the charge”
- Transliteration
- mish-ME-ret
- Extended
- mihsh-MEH-reht
- IPA
- /miʃˈmɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the charge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
mish-ME-ret
- phraseyour reading level
mish-ME-ret ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-KHOL-ha-AM yish-me-RU mish-ME-ret ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-AL-ya-VO VET-ye-ho-VAH KI im-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-me-sha-re-TIM la-le-vi-YIM HE-ma ya-VO-u ki-KO-desh HE-ma ve-KHOL-ha-AM yish-me-RU mish-ME-ret ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The shift to communal instruction is marked by ve-kol-ha-am {וְכָל־הָעָם | wə-ḵōl-hā-‘ām} ‘and all the people,’ with yishmeru mishmeret {יִשְׁמְר֖וּ מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת | yiš-mə-rū miš-me-rĕṯ} ‘they shall keep the charge’ of the LORD. The sequence prohibition–exception–justification–mandate reinforces temple sanctity and collective obedience.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-r
“to keep, guard”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:6
Let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the ministers of the Levites; they alone may enter because they are holy . Yet all the people must keep the charge of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 23:6, so the Hebrew word מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת (mishmeret) 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.23.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.6.W13.S1) and character.