Leviticus 18:30:1Lev.18.30.W1TAB
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם
ooshmahrtem
“keep”
- Transliteration
- oo-shmahr-TEM
- Extended
- oo-shmahr-TEHM
- IPA
- /u.ʃmar.ˈtem/
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 | silent sheva — no sound; closes the 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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The word
Word in context
- word
oo-shmahr-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI
- clause
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM
- sentence
oo-shmahr-TEM et-mish-mar-TI leh-vil-TI a-SOT meh-khu-KOT ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER na-a-SU lif-NEI-KHEM ve-LO tit-tahm-me-OO ba-HEM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive ūšmartem {וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם | ūšmartem} initiates the imperative sequence, with ʾeṯ {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ-} marking the direct object to mišmartî {מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י | mišmartî}.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Resh
“to keep; guard; observe”
In context — Leviticus 18:30
And you shall keep my charge so as not to do any of the statutes of the abominations that were done before you, and you shall not become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:30:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:30, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם (ooshmahrtem) 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.18.30.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.30.W1.S1) and character.