Jeremiah 16:11:19Jer.16.11.W19TAB
שָׁמָֽרוּ׃
shamaru
“they kept”
- Transliteration
- sha-MA-ru
- Extended
- shaa-MAA-roo
- IPA
- /ʃɔːməˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they kept
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
sha-MA-ru
- phraseyour reading level
LO sha-MA-ru
- clause
ve-o-TI a-ZA-vu ve-et-to-ra-TI LO sha-MA-ru
- sentence
ve-a-MAR-ta a-LE-hem AL a-sher-a-ZE-vu a-vo-te-KHEM o-TI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH va-YEL-khu a-kha-RE e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM va-ya-AV-dum va-yish-ta-kha-VU la-HEM ve-o-TI a-ZA-vu ve-et-to-ra-TI LO sha-MA-ru
Exegesis
The final clause ve-et-torati lo shamaru {וְאֶת־תּוֹרָתִי לֹא שָׁמָרוּ | wə-ʾeṯ-tō-ra-tî lōʾ šā-mā-rû} contrasts personal rejection with legal noncompliance. The translation preserves Hebrew clause order while rendering standard English word order to maintain rhetorical impact.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard, preserve”
In context — Jeremiah 16:11
And you shall say to them, “Because your fathers have forsaken Me,” declares the LORD , “and have gone after other gods, and have served and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken, and My law they have not kept.”
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:11:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of Jeremiah 16:11, so the Hebrew word שָׁמָֽרוּ׃ (shamaru) 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 Jer.16.11.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.11.W19.S1) and character.