Exodus 22:10:8Exod.22.10.W8TABWLC Exodus 22:9
לִשְׁמֹ֑ר
lishmor
“for keeping”
- Transliteration
- lish-MOR
- Extended
- lihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /liʃ.ˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- for keeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-MOR
- clause
ki-yit-TEN EESH el-re-EH-hoo kha-MOR oh-SHOR oh-SEH ve-khol-be-he-MA lish-MOR
- sentence
ki-yit-TEN EESH el-re-EH-hoo kha-MOR oh-SHOR oh-SEH ve-khol-be-he-MA lish-MOR oo-MET oh-nish-BAR oh-nish-BA EN ro-EH
Exegesis
The infinitive lishmor {לִשְׁמֹר | lishmor} ‘to keep’ conveys purpose.
In context — Exodus 22:10
If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal for safekeeping , and it dies, or is broken, or is taken away while no one is watching :
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 22:10, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֑ר (lishmor) 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.22.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.10.W8.S1) and character.