Numbers 18:4:3Num.18.4.W3TAB
וְשָֽׁמְר֗וּ
veshamroo
“and they shall keep guard”
- Transliteration
- ve-sham-ROO
- Extended
- veh-sham-ROO
- IPA
- /vəʃamˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they shall keep guard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sham-ROO
- clause
ve-nil-VOO a-LE-kha ve-sham-ROO et-mish-ME-ret O-hel mo-ED le-KOL a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel
- sentence
ve-nil-VOO a-LE-kha ve-sham-ROO et-mish-ME-ret O-hel mo-ED le-KOL a-vo-DAT ha-O-hel ve-ZAR lo-yik-RAV a-lei-KHEM
Exegesis
The prepositional suffix aleikha {עָלֶ֔יךָ | ʿă-lê-khā} ‘to you’ marks the addressee, followed by veshameru {וְשָֽׁמְר֗וּ | wə-šā-mərû} ‘and they shall keep,’ a Qal perfect third person masculine plural emphasizing established responsibility.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Mem-Resh
“to keep, guard, observe”
In context — Numbers 18:4
And they shall join you and keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting for all the service of the tent; no outsider may come near you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 18:4, so the Hebrew word וְשָֽׁמְר֗וּ (veshamroo) 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.18.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.4.W3.S1) and character.