Numbers 18:3:1Num.18.3.W1TAB

וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙

veshamru

and they shall keep

Transliteration
ve-sham-RU
Extended
veh-shahm-ROO
IPA
/vəʃɑmˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
and they shall keep

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + שָֽׁמְ + רוּ֙
ve + sham + ru
veshamru

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sham-RU

  2. clause

    ve-sham-RU mish-mar-TE-kha u-mish-ME-ret kol-ha-O-hel

  3. sentence

    ve-sham-RU mish-mar-TE-kha u-mish-ME-ret kol-ha-O-hel AKH el-ke-LEI hak-KO-desh ve-el-ham-miz-BE-akh LO yik-ra-VOO ve-LO-ya-MU-tu gam-HEM gam-a-TEM

Exegesis

The verse opens with the consecutive imperfect ve-shamru {וְשָׁמְרוּ | wə-šam-rû} signaling a priestly obligation.

Root and etymology

RootShin-Mem-Resh

to keep, guard, observe

In contextNumbers 18:3

And they shall keep your duty and the duty of all the tent, but they must not approach the holy vessels or the altar, so that they may not die—both they and you.

About this coordinate

Numbers 18:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 18:3, so the Hebrew word וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ (veshamru) 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.18.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.3.W1.S1) and character.