2 Samuel 15:16:112 Sam.15.16.W11TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֥ר
lishmor
“to keep, to guard”
- Transliteration
- lish-MOR
- Extended
- lihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /liʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to keep, to guard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
lish-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
lish-MOR ha-BA-yit
- clause
va-ya-a-ZOV ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM lish-MOR ha-BA-yit
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ha-ME-lekh ve-KHOL-BE-to be-rag-LAV va-ya-a-ZOV ha-ME-lekh ET E-ser na-SHIM pi-lag-SHIM lish-MOR ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The infinitive lishmor {לִשְׁמֹ֥ר | liš·môr} “to guard” with ha-bayit {הַבָּֽיִת | ha·bā·yîṯ} “the house” frames the concubines’ delegated role, balancing themes of protection and abandonment. The English variants preserve Hebrew word order and thematic cohesion.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:16
And the king went out with all his household on foot, and he left ten women, concubines , to guard the house .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:16:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 15:16, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (lishmor) 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 Sam.15.16.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.16.W11.S1) and character.