וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙

   ve-sham-RU

   keep
2. clause🔊 כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת צְדָקָ֖ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט

   KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT

   for I have known him so that that he will command his sons and his household after him keep the way of LORD to do righteousness and justice
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת צְדָקָ֖ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט לְמַ֗עַן הָבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עַל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר עָלָֽיו׃

   KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV

   for I have known him so that that he will command his sons and his household after him keep the way of LORD to do righteousness and justice so that LORD bring upon Abraham that he spoke concerning him

Exegesis

The subsequent clause with veshamru {וְשָׁמְרוּ | wəšāmərû} “they may keep” then introduces derekh YHWH {דֶּרֶךְ יְהוָה | dereḵ YHWH} “the way of the LORD” as the metaphorical life path, and the infinitive la‘asot {לַעֲשׂוֹת | laʿăśôṯ} expresses means by stating what they do—tsedaqah u-mishpat {צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט | ṣədāqāh ûmišpāṭ} “righteousness and justice.”