Ezekiel 17:14:6Ezek.17.14.W6TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֥ר
lishmor
“to keep”
- Transliteration
- lish-MOR
- Extended
- lihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /liʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to keep
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
- phraseyour reading level
lish-MOR et-be-ri-TO
- clause
lish-MOR et-be-ri-TO le-am-da
- sentence
lih-he-YOT mam-la-KHA she-fa-LA le-vil-TI hit-na-SE lish-MOR et-be-ri-TO le-am-da
Exegesis
Lishmor {לִשְׁמֹר | liš-môr} ‘to keep’ with et {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks berito {בְּרִיתוֹ | bə-rî-tô} ‘his covenant,’ where the masculine singular suffix refers to the ruling entity’s treaty obligations.
In context — Ezekiel 17:14
This was to make the kingdom lowly so that it would not lift itself up, but would keep its covenant and stand.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:14:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 17:14, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (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 Ezek.17.14.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.14.W6.S1) and character.