Daniel 9:4:11Dan.9.4.W11TAB
שֹׁמֵ֤ר
shomer
“keeping”
- Transliteration
- sho-MER
- Extended
- shoh-MEER
- IPA
- /ʃoˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- keeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-MER
- phraseyour reading level
sho-MER ha-be-RIT
- clause
va-om-RA AN-na a-do-NAI ha-EL ha-ga-DOL ve-ha-no-RA sho-MER ha-be-RIT ve-ha-KHE-sed le-o-ha-VAV u-le-shom-RE mits-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-et-pa-le-LA la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI va-et-va-DE va-om-RA AN-na a-do-NAI ha-EL ha-ga-DOL ve-ha-no-RA sho-MER ha-be-RIT ve-ha-KHE-sed le-o-ha-VAV u-le-shom-RE mits-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The participle shomer {שֹׁמֵ֤ר | šōmēr} governing habberit ve’hachesed {הַבְּרִית וְהַחֶ֔סֶד | habbĕrît wəḥeśed} ‘keeper of the covenant and steadfast love’ expresses ongoing divine faithfulness.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin-mem-resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Daniel 9:4
And I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, and said, "Please, Lord, the great and awesome God, keeper of the covenant and steadfast love to those who love Him and to those who keep His commandments."
About this coordinate
Daniel 9:4:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Daniel 9:4, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֤ר (shomer) 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 Dan.9.4.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.9.4.W11.S1) and character.