2 Kings 18:6:52 Kgs.18.6.W5TAB
וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙
vayishmor
“and he kept”
- Transliteration
- va-yish-MOR
- Extended
- vah-yihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /vaj.jiʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he kept
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yish-MOR
- clause
va-yish-MOR mits-vo-TAIV a-sher-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
- sentence
va-yid-BAK ba-ye-ho-VAH lo-SAR me-a-kha-RAIV va-yish-MOR mits-vo-TAIV a-sher-tsi-VA ye-ho-VAH et-mo-SHE
Exegesis
A second vav consecutive introduces vayishmor mitsvotav {וַיִּשְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו | va-yish-mor mits-vo-tav} ‘and he kept His commandments’, signaling faithful action grounded in divine authority.
Root and etymology
sh-m-r
“to keep, guard”
In context — 2 Kings 18:6
And he clung to the LORD ; he did not turn aside from following Him, and he kept His commandments which the LORD commanded Moses .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 18:6, so the Hebrew word וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ (vayishmor) 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 Kgs.18.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.6.W5.S1) and character.