Deuteronomy 23:9:4Deut.23.9.W4TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:10
וְנִשְׁמַרְתָּ
venishmarta
“then you shall guard yourself”
- Transliteration
- ve-nish-MAR-ta
- Extended
- veh-nish-mahr-TAH
- IPA
- /vəniʃˈmartːa/
Meaning by language
- English
- then you shall guard yourself
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 | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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 | |
| 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-nish-MAR-ta
- sentence
ki-te-TSE ma-kha-NEH al-o-ye-VE-kha ve-nish-MAR-ta mi-KOL da-VAR RA
Exegesis
The main clause employs the vav-Nifal wənišmartā {וְנִשְׁמַרְתָּ | wə·niš·mar·tā} ‘and you shall keep yourself’, conveying reflexive self-guarding.
In context — Deuteronomy 23:9
When your camp goes out to fight your enemies, you must be on guard against everything evil .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 23:9, so the Hebrew word וְנִשְׁמַרְתָּ (venishmarta) 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.23.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.9.W4.S1) and character.