Ezekiel 18:21:8Ezek.18.21.W8TAB
וְשָׁמַר֙
veshamar
“and keeps”
- Transliteration
- ve-sha-MAR
- Extended
- veh-shah-MAHR
- IPA
- /vəʃaˈmar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and keeps
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sha-MAR
- clause
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA
- sentence
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
Veshamar et kol chukotai {וְשָׁמַר אֶת־כָּל־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י | wə-šā-mar ʾet kol ḥuqqō-ṯay} frames obedience to divine statutes as a mark of genuine repentance.
In context — Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked turns back from all his sins which he has committed, and keeps all My statutes , and does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 18:21, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמַר֙ (veshamar) 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.18.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.21.W8.S1) and character.