Malachi 2:7:3Mal.2.7.W3TAB
יִשְׁמְרוּ־דַ֔עַת
yishmerudaat
“they should keep knowledge”
- Transliteration
- yish-me-RU-da-AT
- Extended
- yihsh-meh-ROO-dah-AT
- IPA
- /jiʃ.məˈruː.daˈʕat/
Meaning by language
- English
- they should keep knowledge
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yish-me-RU-da-AT
- clause
ki-sif-TEI kho-HEN yish-me-RU-da-AT ve-to-RA ye-vak-SHU mi-pi-HU
- sentence
ki-sif-TEI kho-HEN yish-me-RU-da-AT ve-to-RA ye-vak-SHU mi-pi-HU KI mal-AKH ye-ho-VAH-tse-va-OT HU
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conjunction ki {כִּֽי־ | kî} ‘for’, introducing a causal clause in which the construct noun phrase siftei kohen {שִׂפְתֵ֤י כֹהֵן֙ | sip̄tē kōhēn} ‘lips of the priest’ serves as subject for two parallel verbs yishmeru {יִשְׁמְרוּ־ | yišmərū} ‘they shall guard’ and yevakshu {יְבַקְשׁוּ | yevakšū} ‘they shall seek’.
Their objects daat {דַעַת | daʿat} ‘knowledge’ and torah {תוֹרָה | tôrāh} ‘law’ create a chiastic arrangement emphasizing preservation and instruction.
Root and etymology
“knowledge”
In context — Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge , and the people should seek the law from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts .
About this coordinate
Malachi 2:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Malachi 2:7, so the Hebrew word יִשְׁמְרוּ־דַ֔עַת (yishmerudaat) 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 Mal.2.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Mal.2.7.W3.S1) and character.