2 Samuel 16:21:92 Sam.16.21.W9TAB
לִשְׁמ֣וֹר
lishmor
“to keep”
- Transliteration
- lish-MOR
- Extended
- lihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /liʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to keep
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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM BO el-pi-lag-SHE a-VI-kha a-SHER hi-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-khi-TO-fel el-av-sha-LOM BO el-pi-lag-SHE a-VI-kha a-SHER hi-NI-akh lish-MOR ha-BA-yit ve-sha-MA kol-yis-ra-EL ki-niv-ASHTA et-a-VI-kha ve-khaz-KU ye-DE kol-a-SHER i-TAKH
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer hinnîyaḥ lišmôr habbayit {אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִנִּ֖יחַ לִשְׁמ֣וֹר הַבָּ֑יִת | ʾăšer hinnîyaḥ lišmôr habbayit} specifies the concubines’ role as guardians of the royal residence.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to guard the house. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself detestable to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Samuel 16:21, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמ֣וֹר (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.16.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.21.W9.S1) and character.