Leviticus 18:26:1Lev.18.26.W1TAB
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם
ushemartem
“keep”
- Transliteration
- u-she-mar-TEM
- Extended
- oo-sheh-mar-TEM
- IPA
- /uː.ʃə.marˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
u-she-mar-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM
- clause
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh
- sentence
u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khoo-koh-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-eh-VOHT ha-EL-leh ha-ez-RAKH ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toch-KHEM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive verb ushmartem {וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם | ūšəmar·tem} initiates the covenant injunction with an obligative sense, while atem {אַתֶּם | ʾattəm} reinforces the plural addressees.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-resh
“to keep, guard, watch”
In context — Leviticus 18:26
But you shall keep my statutes and my rules, and none of you shall do any of these abominations , neither the native nor the sojourner who dwells among you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:26, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם (ushemartem) 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 Lev.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.26.W1.S1) and character.