Numbers 23:12:10Num.23.12.W10TAB
אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר
eshmor
“I must keep”
- Transliteration
- esh-MOR
- Extended
- esh-MOHR
- IPA
- /ʔɛʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- I must keep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
esh-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
o-TO esh-MOR
- clause
ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
- sentence
va-YA-an va-yo-MAR ha-LO ET a-SHER ya-SIM Ye-ho-VAH be-FI o-TO esh-MOR le-da-BER
Exegesis
The construction ’ōtô ’eš-môr lə-dabbēr {אֹת֥וֹ אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְדַבֵּֽר} ‘it I will keep to speak’ places the object ‘it’ before the verbs for emphasis, highlighting the prophet’s obligation to preserve and proclaim the exact message.
Root and etymology
š-m-rshin-mem-resh
“to guard”
In context — Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, “Is it not what the LORD puts in my mouth that I must guard faithfully to speak?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:12:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 23:12, so the Hebrew word אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר (eshmor) 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.23.12.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.12.W10.S1) and character.