Numbers 18:7:4Num.18.7.W4TAB
תִּשְׁמְר֨וּ
tishmeru
“you shall keep”
- Transliteration
- tish-me-RU
- Extended
- tish-meh-ROO
- IPA
- /tiʃməˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall keep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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 | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
tish-me-RU
- phraseyour reading level
tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM
- clause
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM
- sentence
ve-a-TA u-va-NE-kha it-KHA tish-me-RU et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM le-KHOL-de-VAR ha-miz-BE-akh u-le-mi-BEIT la-pa-RO-khet va-a-vad-TEM a-vo-DAT ma-ta-NA e-TEN et-ke-hu-nat-KHEM ve-ha-ZAR ha-ka-REV yu-MAT
Exegesis
The verb tishmeru {תִּשְׁמְרוּ | tiš-mə-rū} in the imperfect indicates ongoing obligation.
Root and etymology
RootShin-Mem-Resh
“to keep, guard, observe”
In context — Numbers 18:7
But you and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for every matter of the altar and within the veil, and you shall serve, for I have given you the priesthood as a service of gift; and the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 18:7, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמְר֨וּ (tishmeru) 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.18.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.7.W4.S1) and character.