Exodus 22:7:6Exod.22.7.W6TABWLC Exodus 22:6

לִשְׁמֹ֔ר

lishmor

to keep

Transliteration
lish-MOR
Extended
lih-SHOHR
IPA
/liʃˈmoːr/

Meaning by language

English
to keep

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Result
לִשְׁ + מֹ֔ר
lish + mor
lishmor

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Memm as in mother
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    lish-MOR

  2. clause

    ki-yi-TEN ISH el-re-E-hu KE-sef o-khe-LIM lish-MOR ve-gun-NAV mib-BEIT ha-ISH

  3. sentence

    ki-yi-TEN ISH el-re-E-hu KE-sef o-khe-LIM lish-MOR ve-gun-NAV mib-BEIT ha-ISH im-yi-ma-TSE ha-gan-NAV ye-shal-LEM she-na-YIM

Exegesis

The Qal imperfect yitten {יִתֵּן | yittên} conveys a general act of entrustment, with lishmor {לִשְׁמֹר | lišmôr} functioning as an infinitive of purpose ‘to keep.’

In contextExodus 22:7

If a man gives silver or goods to keep to his neighbor, and they are stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double .

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 22:7, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֔ר (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.22.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.7.W6.S1) and character.