Exodus 23:15:3Exod.23.15.W3TAB
תִּשְׁמֹר֒
tishmor
“keep”
- Transliteration
- tish-MOR
- Extended
- tihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /tiʃ.ˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
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 | |
| 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
tish-MOR
- clause
et-KHAG ha-mat-TSOT tish-MOR shiv-AT ya-MIM to-KHAL mat-TSOT ka-a-SHER tsi-vee-TI-kha le-mo-ED KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ki-VO ya-TSA-ta mim-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
et-KHAG ha-mat-TSOT tish-MOR shiv-AT ya-MIM to-KHAL mat-TSOT ka-a-SHER tsi-vee-TI-kha le-mo-ED KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ki-VO ya-TSA-ta mim-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-ye-ra-U fa-NAI rei-KAM
Exegesis
The Qal imperfect tišmôr{תִּשְׁמֹר | tiš-môr} issues a covenant command, modified by the temporal clause šivʿat yāmîm{שִׁבְעַת יָמִים | šivʿat yāmîm} “seven days,” governing the action tōʾaḥal māṣṣōṯ{תֹּאכַל מַצּוֹת | tōʾaḥal māṣṣōṯ} “eat unleavened breads.”
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin-mem-resh
“to guard, watch”
In context — Exodus 23:15
You shall observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days and eat unleavened bread as I have commanded you at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you went out from Egypt. No one shall appear before My face empty-handed.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:15, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמֹר֒ (tishmor) 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.23.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.15.W3.S1) and character.