Numbers 15:34:3Num.15.34.W3TAB
בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר
bamishmar
“in custody”
- Transliteration
- ba-mish-MAR
- Extended
- bah-mish-MAAR
- IPA
- /bam.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 o-TO ba-mish-MAR
- sentence
va-ya-NI-khu o-TO ba-mish-MAR KI LO fo-RASH ma-ye-a-SE LO
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bamishmar {בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר | hammismār} ‘in custody’ combines the preposition בְּ with the noun mishmār in absolute state and definite article to specify a guarded holding place.
Root and etymology
Rootshin-mem-resh
“to guard”
In context — Numbers 15:34
And they placed him in custody , because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:34:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 15:34, 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 Num.15.34.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.34.W3.S1) and character.