Deuteronomy 15:5:7Deut.15.5.W7TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֤ר
lishmor
“to keep”
- Transliteration
- lish-MOR
- Extended
- lish-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 | |
| 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 la-a-SOT
- clause
lish-MOR la-a-SOT ET-kol-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-kha ha-YOM
- sentence
RAK IM-sha-MO-a tish-MA be-KOL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha lish-MOR la-a-SOT ET-kol-ha-mits-VAH ha-ZOT a-SHER a-no-KHI me-tsa-VE-kha ha-YOM
Exegesis
The infinitive pair lishmor laasot {לִשְׁמֹר לַעֲשׂוֹת | liš-mōr la-‘ă-śōṯ} expresses dual aspects of obedience—keeping and performing the commandments.
In context — Deuteronomy 15:5
Only if you truly listen to the voice of the LORD your God , to keep and to do all this commandment which I command you today.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 15:5, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֤ר (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 Deut.15.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.5.W7.S1) and character.