Exodus 23:13:4Exod.23.13.W4TAB
תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּ
tishameru
“take heed”
- Transliteration
- ti-sha-ME-ru
- Extended
- tih-shah-MEH-roo
- IPA
- /tiʃ.ʃaˈmeː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- take heed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ti-sha-ME-ru
- clause
u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem ti-sha-ME-ru
- sentence
u-ve-KHOL a-SHER-a-MAR-ti a-LE-khem ti-sha-ME-ru ve-SHEM e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM LO taz-KI-ru LO yi-sha-MA al-PI-kha
Exegesis
The niphal imperfect tīšāmêru {תִּשָּׁמֵרוּ | tīšāmêru} ‘you shall guard’ conveys ongoing vigilance.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin-mem-resh
“to guard, watch”
In context — Exodus 23:13
And in everything that I have spoken to you, you must guard against mentioning the names of other gods ; they must not be heard on your lips.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 23:13, so the Hebrew word תִּשָּׁמֵ֑רוּ (tishameru) 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.23.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.13.W4.S1) and character.