Judges 13:4:2Judg.13.4.W2TAB
הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי
hishshameri
“take care, you must be on guard”
- Transliteration
- hish-sha-me-RI
- Extended
- hihsh-shaa-meh-REE
- IPA
- /hiʃ.ʃaːmˈriː/
Meaning by language
- English
- take care, you must be on guard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hish-sha-me-RI
- phraseyour reading level
hish-sha-me-RI NA
- clause
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR
- sentence
ve-a-TA hish-sha-me-RI NA ve-al-TISH-te YA-yin ve-she-KHAR ve-al-TO-khe-le kol-ta-ME
Exegesis
The conjunction ve'attah {וְעַתָּה֙ | və-ʿattāh} ‘and now’ introduces a temporal shift into a direct command, followed by the niphal imperative hishhameri {הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי | hiššāmərî} ‘guard yourself’, with the entreaty particle na {נָ֔א | nāʼ} to underscore appeal.
Root and etymology
Rootš-m-r
“to guard, watch”
In context — Judges 13:4
Now therefore, please take care, you must not drink wine or strong drink, and you must not eat anything unclean.
About this coordinate
Judges 13:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 13:4, so the Hebrew word הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי (hishshameri) 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 Judg.13.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.13.4.W2.S1) and character.