Leviticus 22:9:2Lev.22.9.W2TAB
אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י
etmishmarti
“my duty”
- Transliteration
- et-mish-mar-TI
- Extended
- eht-mish-mar-TEE
- IPA
- /ʔet.miʃmarˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- my duty
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-mish-mar-TI
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI
- clause
ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV KHET u-me-TU VO ki ye-khal-le-LOO-hu
- sentence
ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV KHET u-me-TU VO ki ye-khal-le-LOO-hu a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-SHAM
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ’et} marks mishmarti {מִשְׁמַרְתִּי | miš-mar-tî} ‘my charge’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־רsh-m-r
“to guard, keep”
In context — Leviticus 22:9
And they shall keep My charge so that they do not bear sin upon it and die in it, because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 22:9, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗י (etmishmarti) 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.22.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.9.W2.S1) and character.