Job 14:16:4Job.14.16.W4TAB
לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר
lotishmor
“you do not keep or you do not watch”
- Transliteration
- lo-tish-MOR
- Extended
- loh-tihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /loː.tiʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you do not keep or you do not watch
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-tish-MOR
- clause
lo-tish-MOR al-kha-ta-TI
- sentence
ki-A-ta tse-a-DAI tis-pe-OR lo-tish-MOR al-kha-ta-TI
Exegesis
The parallel clause uses the negative lo with the Qal imperfect lō-tišmôr {לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר | lō-tišmôr} ‘you do not keep watch’, forming a direct statement of absent vigilance.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Job 14:16
For now You count my steps; You do not keep watch over my sin.
About this coordinate
Job 14:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 14:16, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תִ֝שְׁמ֗וֹר (lotishmor) 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 Job.14.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.16.W4.S1) and character.