Exodus 16:33:14Exod.16.33.W14TAB
לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת
lemishmehret
“for keeping”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-MEH-ret
- Extended
- leh-mish-MEH-reht
- IPA
- /ləmiʃˈmɛ.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
le-mish-MEH-ret
- clause
ve-ha-NAKH o-TO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-MEH-ret le-do-ro-TEI-khem
- sentence
va-yo-MER mo-SHE el-a-ha-RON KAKH tsin-TSE-net a-KHAT ve-ten-SHAM-ma meh-lo-ha-O-mer MAN ve-ha-NAKH o-TO lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH le-mish-MEH-ret le-do-ro-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases lemishmeret {לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת | lə-miš-me-ret} ‘for preservation’ and ledoroteichem {לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם | lə-dō-rō-ṯê-kem} ‘for your generations’ define its memorial function. The use of the vav-consecutive imperfect, paired imperatives, construct chain, and layered prepositional clauses is mirrored in the English to preserve the verse’s immediacy, precision, and covenantal emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootshin mem resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Exodus 16:33
And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, put in it a full omer of manna, and set it before the LORD for safekeeping for your generations.”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:33:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 16:33, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת (lemishmehret) 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.16.33.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.33.W14.S1) and character.