Exodus 16:32:11Exod.16.32.W11TAB
לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
lehmishmeret
“for keeping”
- Transliteration
- leh-mish-ME-ret
- Extended
- leh-mish-MEH-ret
- IPA
- /lə.miʃ.ˈmɛ.rɛθ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for keeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
leh-mish-ME-ret
- clause
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem
- sentence
va-YO-mer MO-sheh ZEH ha-da-VAR a-SHER tsiv-VA Ye-ho-VAH me-LO ha-O-mer mim-ME-noo leh-mish-ME-ret leh-doh-ro-TE-khem leh-MA-an yir-U et-ha-LE-khem a-SHER he-e-KHAL-ti et-KHEM ba-mid-BAR be-ho-tsi-EE et-KHEM meh-E-rets mits-RA-yim
Exegesis
The construct chain melo haomer mimennu {מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר מִמֶּנּוּ | mə-lōʾ hā-ʿō-mer mim-men-nū} ‘fullness of the omer from it’ specifies the quantity, followed by lemishmeret {לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת | lə-miš-me-ret} ‘for preservation’ and ledoroteikhem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lə-ḏō-rō-tê-kem} ‘for your generations’ indicating purpose and beneficiary.
Root and etymology
sh-m-r
“to keep, guard”
In context — Exodus 16:32
And Moses said, “Here is the instruction that the LORD has given: A full omer of it must be preserved for your generations , so that they may see the bread which I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:32:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 16:32, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת (lehmishmeret) 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.16.32.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.32.W11.S1) and character.