Genesis 17:10:4Gen.17.10.W4TAB
תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ
tishmeru
“shall keep”
- Transliteration
- tish-me-RU
- Extended
- tihsh-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /tiʃ.mə.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER tish-me-RU
- clause
ZOT be-ri-TI a-SHER tish-me-RU bei-NI u-vei-nei-KHEM u-VEIN zar-a-KHA a-kha-REI-kha
- sentence
ZOT be-ri-TI a-SHER tish-me-RU bei-NI u-vei-nei-KHEM u-VEIN zar-a-KHA a-kha-REI-kha him-MOL la-KHEM kol-za-KHAR
Exegesis
The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ specifies the obligation, with tishmeru {תִּשְׁמְרוּ | tiš-mə-rû} ‘you shall keep’ expressing ongoing duty.
Root and etymology
sh-m-rshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Genesis 17:10
This is My covenant that you are to keep between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you must be circumcised.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:10, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמְר֗וּ (tishmeru) 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 Gen.17.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.10.W4.S1) and character.