Leviticus 19:30:2Lev.19.30.W2TAB
תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ
tishmoru
“keep”
- Transliteration
- tish-MO-ru
- Extended
- tish-MOH-roo
- IPA
- /tiʃ.ˈmoː.ruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-MO-ru
- phraseyour reading level
et-shab-beh-TOH-tai tish-MO-ru
- clause
et-shab-beh-TOH-tai tish-MO-ru oo-mik-da-SHI tee-RA-oo
- sentence
et-shab-beh-TOH-tai tish-MO-ru oo-mik-da-SHI tee-RA-oo a-NI ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The clause begins with et {אֶת | ʾeṯ} ‘direct object marker’, which introduces shabbetotai {שַׁבְּתֹתַי | šab-bə-ṯō-tay} ‘my sabbaths’ as the object of the imperative tishmeru {תִּשְׁמֹרוּ | tiš-mō-rū} ‘you shall keep’.
Root and etymology
ש-מ-רš-m-r
“to guard, keep”
In context — Leviticus 19:30
You shall keep my Sabbaths and revere my sanctuary; I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:30:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:30, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמֹ֔רוּ (tishmoru) 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.19.30.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.30.W2.S1) and character.