Leviticus 24:12:2Lev.24.12.W2TAB
בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר
bamishmar
“in custody”
- Transliteration
- ba-mish-MAR
- Extended
- bah-MIHSH-MAAR
- IPA
- /ba.miʃˈmaːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- in custody
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-mish-MAR
- clause
va-ya-ni-KHU-hu ba-mish-MAR
- sentence
va-ya-ni-KHU-hu ba-mish-MAR li-FROSH la-HEM al-PI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bamishmar {בַּמִּשְׁמָר | ba-mish-mā-r} ‘in the custody’ establishes protective detention as the setting.
Root and etymology
sh-m-rshin-mem-resh
“to guard, keep”
In context — Leviticus 24:12
And they placed him in custody to interpret the case for them according to the command of the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:12:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 24:12, so the Hebrew word בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר (bamishmar) 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.24.12.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.12.W2.S1) and character.