Proverbs 2:20:7Prov.2.20.W7TAB
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃
tishmor
“you will keep”
- Transliteration
- tish-MOR
- Extended
- tihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /tiʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will 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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tish-MOR
- phraseyour reading level
tsa-di-KIM tish-MOR
- clause
ve-OR-khot tsa-di-KIM tish-MOR
- sentence
le-MA-an te-LEKH be-DE-rekh to-VIM ve-OR-khot tsa-di-KIM tish-MOR
Exegesis
The preposition lema'an {לְמַעַן | lə-ma-ʿan} ‘so that’ introduces a purpose clause governing the imperfect verbs telekh {תֵּלֵךְ | tə-lē-ḵ} ‘you walk’ and tishmor {תִּשְׁמֹר | tiš-mōr} ‘you keep.’
In context — Proverbs 2:20
So that you may walk in the way of the good and keep the paths of the righteous .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 2:20, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ (tishmor) 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 Prov.2.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.20.W7.S1) and character.