Leviticus 20:8:1Lev.20.8.W1TAB
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙
ushmartem
“keep”
- Transliteration
- ush-mar-TEM
- Extended
- oosh-mahr-TEM
- IPA
- /uʃmarˈtɛm/
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
ush-mar-TEM
- clause
ush-mar-TEM et-khook-koh-TAI va-a-see-TEM o-TAM
- sentence
ush-mar-TEM et-khook-koh-TAI va-a-see-TEM o-TAM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-DISH-khem
Exegesis
The clause ushmartem {וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם | ūšmartem} employs a vav conjunctive with the Qal perfect second person masculine plural to issue a covenantal command.
Root and etymology
RootShin, Mem, Resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Leviticus 20:8
And you shall keep my statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:8:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 20:8, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ (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.20.8.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.8.W1.S1) and character.