Exodus 13:10:1Exod.13.10.W1TAB
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛
veshamarta
“and you shall keep”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-mar-TA
- Extended
- veh-shah-mar-TAA
- IPA
- /wə.ʃaː.mar.ˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and you shall keep
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
- clause
ve-sha-mar-TA et-ha-khu-KA ha-ZOT le-mo-a-DAH
- sentence
ve-sha-mar-TA et-ha-khu-KA ha-ZOT le-mo-a-DAH mi-yah-MIM ya-mi-MA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect verb `veshamarta {וְשָׁמַרְתָּ | wə-šā-mar-tā} ‘and you shall keep’`, signaling a binding injunction.
In context — Exodus 13:10
Therefore you shall keep this statute at its appointed time , year after year.
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:10:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 13:10, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛ (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 Exod.13.10.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.10.W1.S1) and character.