Numbers 18:4:4Num.18.4.W4TAB
אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙
etmishmeret
“the service of”
- Transliteration
- et-mish-ME-ret
- Extended
- EET-mish-MEH-ret
- IPA
- /ʔet.miʃˈmɛrɛt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the service of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-mish-ME-ret
- 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 noun mishmeret {מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ | miš-me-ret} ‘charge’ is governed by the accusative marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet-} while the construct chain ohel moed {אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵ֔ד | ʾō-hel mō-ʿêd} ‘Tent of Meeting’ establishes the locus of duty.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Mem-Resh
“to guard”
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 18:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 18:4, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ (etmishmeret) 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.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.4.W4.S1) and character.