Leviticus 18:5:1Lev.18.5.W1TAB
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם
ushehmartem
“keep”
- Transliteration
- u-sheh-MAR-tem
- Extended
- oo-sheh-MAHR-tem
- IPA
- /uːʃəˈmartɛm/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
u-sheh-MAR-tem
- phraseyour reading level
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI
- clause
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with ushemartem {וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם | ū-šə-martem} ‘and you shall keep’, a vav conversive + Qal perfect + second person masculine plural conveying a divine imperative.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-resh
“to keep, guard, watch”
In context — Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a person does them, that person shall live by them. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם (ushehmartem) 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.18.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W1.S1) and character.