Ezekiel 20:19:7Ezek.20.19.W7TAB
שִׁמְר֖וּ
shimru
“keep”
- Transliteration
- shim-RU
- Extended
- shihm-ROO
- IPA
- /ʃimˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
shim-RU
- phraseyour reading level
LE-khu ve-ET-mish-PA-tai shim-RU
- sentence
a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem be-khu-kO-tai LE-khu ve-ET-mish-PA-tai shim-RU va-a-SU o-TAM
Exegesis
The direct object marker ve-et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} shifts focus to mishpatai {מִשְׁפָּטַי | miš-pā-ṭai} ‘My judgments,’ governed by shimru {שִׁמְרוּ | šim-rû} ‘keep.’
In context — Ezekiel 20:19
I am the LORD your God ; walk in My statutes , keep My judgments and do them.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:19, so the Hebrew word שִׁמְר֖וּ (shimru) 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.20.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.19.W7.S1) and character.