Leviticus 19:37:1Lev.19.37.W1TAB
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם
ushmartem
“observe”
- Transliteration
- u-shmar-TEM
- Extended
- oo-shmar-TEHM
- IPA
- /uːʃ.marˈtem/
Meaning by language
- English
- observe
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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Word in context
- word
u-shmar-TEM
- phraseyour reading level
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI
- clause
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI ve-ET KOL mish-pa-TAI va-a-SEE-TEM o-TAM
- sentence
u-shmar-TEM ET KOL khu-ko-TAI ve-ET KOL mish-pa-TAI va-a-SEE-TEM o-TAM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav-consecutive Qal perfect ushmartem {וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם | ûš-mar-tem} ‘and you shall keep,’ establishing a collective imperative.
Root and etymology
ש-מ-רš-m-r
“to guard, keep”
In context — Leviticus 19:37
And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall carry them out. I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:37:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:37, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם (ushmartem) 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.19.37.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.37.W1.S1) and character.