אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ

   im-yish-me-RU

   if they will keep or guard
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רַ֣ק אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת

   RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT

   only if they will keep or guard to do
3. clause🔊 רַ֣ק אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ים וּלְכָל־הַ֨תּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם עַבְדִּ֥י מֹשֶֽׁה׃

   RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM u-le-khol-ha-to-RA a-sher-tsi-VA o-TAM av-DI mo-SHE

   only if they will keep or guard to do according to all which I commanded them and to all the law which he commanded them my servant Moses
4. sentence🔊 וְלֹ֣א אֹסִ֗יף לְהָנִיד֙ רֶ֣גֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם רַ֣ק אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ים וּלְכָל־הַ֨תּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם עַבְדִּ֥י מֹשֶֽׁה׃

   ve-LO o-SIF le-ha-NID RE-gel yis-ra-EL min-ha-a-da-MA a-SHER na-TAT-ti la-a-vo-TAM RAK im-yish-me-RU la-a-SOT ke-KHOL a-SHER tsi-vi-TIM u-le-khol-ha-to-RA a-sher-tsi-VA o-TAM av-DI mo-SHE

   and not I will add or continue to make move foot Israel from the ground or land which I gave to their fathers only if they will keep or guard to do according to all which I commanded them and to all the law which he commanded them my servant Moses

Exegesis

The conditional im yishmeru la'asot {אִם יִשְׁמְרוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת | ʼim yišmerû laʼăśôt} “if they keep doing” introduces the covenant stipulation, detailed by kekhol asher tsivvitim {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִים | kəkōl ʼăšer ṣîwwîtîm} and ulekol hatorah asher-tsivah otam avdi Mosheh {וּלְכָל־הַתּוֹרָה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה אֹתָם עַבְדִּי מֹשֶׁה | û-lə-kōl hattôrāh ʼăšer-ṣîwwāh ʾōṭām ʿabdî mōšē}, linking obedience to divine commands and Mosaic law. The paratactic sequence underscores the shift from threat to conditional promise.

Root and etymology

sh-m-r🔊 shin–mem–resh

“to keep”

• 🔊 מִשְׁמֶרֶתmish-me-retchargeNumbers 3:28