Exodus 23:20:6Exod.23.20.W6TAB
לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖
lishmorkha
“to guard you”
- Transliteration
- lish-mor-KHA
- Extended
- lish-mohr-KHAA
- IPA
- /liʃ.mɔr.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to guard you
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-mor-KHA
- clause
hin-NEH a-no-KHI sho-LE-akh mal-AKH le-fa-NE-kha lish-mor-KHA bad-DA-rekh
- sentence
hin-NEH a-no-KHI sho-LE-akh mal-AKH le-fa-NE-kha lish-mor-KHA bad-DA-rekh ve-la-ha-vi-a-KHA el-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER ha-khi-NO-ti
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs lishmorkha {לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖ | lišmōr-kā} ‘to keep watch/guard you’ and velahaviakha {וְלַהֲבִ֣יאֲךָ֔ | wə-la-hăḇîʾā-kā} ‘and to bring you’ serve as purpose clauses linked by the vav conjunctive.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to guard”
In context — Exodus 23:20
Behold, I am sending an angel ahead of you, to keep watch over you on the way and to bring you into the place that I have prepared.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 23:20, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמָרְךָ֖ (lishmorkha) 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.23.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.20.W6.S1) and character.