Deuteronomy 16:12:5Deut.16.12.W5TAB
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣
veshamarta
“and you shall be careful”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-sha-MAHR-tah
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmartɑ/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall be careful
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MAR-ta
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sha-MAR-ta ve-a-SI-ta
- clause
ve-sha-MAR-ta ve-a-SI-ta et-ha-khu-KIM ha-E-le
- sentence
ve-za-KAR-ta ki-E-ved ha-YI-ta be-mits-RA-yim ve-sha-MAR-ta ve-a-SI-ta et-ha-khu-KIM ha-E-le
Exegesis
The coordinated verbs veshamarta {וְשָׁמַרְתָּ | wə-šā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall keep’ and ve’asita {וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ | wə-ʿā-śî-tā} ‘and you shall do’ create a dual obligation common in Deuteronomic law, emphasizing both preservation and enactment.
Root and etymology
sh-m-rshin-mem-resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:12
And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall carefully keep and do these statutes .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֣ (veshamarta) 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.16.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.12.W5.S1) and character.