2 Samuel 18:12:222 Sam.18.12.W22TAB
שִׁמְרוּ־מִ֥י
shimrumi
“keep, for me”
- Transliteration
- shim-RU-mi
- Extended
- shihm-ROO-mih
- IPA
- /ʃimˈruː.miː/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep, for me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
shim-RU-mi
- phraseyour reading level
shim-RU-mi ba-NA-ar
- clause
ve-et-a-vi-SHAI ve-et-i-TAI le-MOR shim-RU-mi ba-NA-ar be-av-sha-LOM
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ISH el-YO-av ve-LO ve-LU a-no-KHI sho-KEL al-KA-pai E-lef KE-sef lo-esh-LAKH ya-DI el-BEN-ha-ME-lekh KI be-oz-NE-nu tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh ot-KHA ve-et-a-vi-SHAI ve-et-i-TAI le-MOR shim-RU-mi ba-NA-ar be-av-sha-LOM
Exegesis
Finally, the imperative shimru {שִׁמְרוּ | šim-rû} ‘guard’ governs mi-yeled {מִיַּלֶּד | mî-yal-lēḏ} ‘the young man’ with al {עַל | ʿal}, creating a purpose clause centered on Absalom’s protection.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — 2 Samuel 18:12
And the man said to Joab, “Even if I were weighing a thousand shekels of silver in my palms, I would not lay my hand against the king ’s son, for we heard the king command you, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, ‘Protect the young man Absalom.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:12:22 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 22 of 2 Samuel 18:12, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְרוּ־מִ֥י (shimrumi) 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.18.12.W22, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.12.W22.S1) and character.