Numbers 17:10:9Num.17.10.W9TABWLC Numbers 17:25
לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת
lemishmeret
“for safekeeping”
- Transliteration
- le-mish-ME-ret
- Extended
- leh-mish-ME-reht
- IPA
- /ləmiʃˈmɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- for safekeeping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
le-mish-ME-ret
- clause
le-mish-ME-ret le-OT liv-NEI-ME-ri u-te-KHAL-te-lu-no-TAM mei-a-LAI ve-LO-ya-MU-tu
- sentence
va-ye-da-BER Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ha-SHEV et-ma-TEH a-ha-RON lif-NEI ha-e-DUT le-mish-ME-ret le-OT liv-NEI-ME-ri u-te-KHAL-te-lu-no-TAM mei-a-LAI ve-LO-ya-MU-tu
Exegesis
The paired infinitives le-mishmeret le-ot {לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת לְאוֹת | lə-miš-mə-rêṯ lə-’ôṯ} combine purpose (“for safeguard”) and symbolism (“for sign”).
In context — Numbers 17:10
And the LORD said to Moses, “Place Aaron’s staff before the testimony , to be kept as a sign against the rebels, so that their murmurings will cease from upon Me and they will not die.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 17:10:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 17:10, so the Hebrew word לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת (lemishmeret) 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.17.10.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.17.10.W9.S1) and character.