Proverbs 21:23:4Prov.21.23.W4TAB
שֹׁמֵ֖ר
shomer
“guards”
- Transliteration
- sho-MER
- Extended
- shoh-MEER
- IPA
- /ʃoːˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- guards
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sho-MER
- clause
sho-MER mi-tsa-ROT naf-SHO
- sentence
sho-MER PIW u-le-sho-NO sho-MER mi-tsa-ROT naf-SHO
Exegesis
shomer {שֹׁמֵר | šō-mêr} ‘one who guards’ begins a parallel participle structure attached to piv {פִּיו | pî-w} ‘his mouth’ and ule-shono {וּלְשׁוֹנ֑וֹ | ū-le-šō-nô} ‘his tongue.’
Root and etymology
ש-מ-ר
“to keep, guard”
In context — Proverbs 21:23
Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue, guards his soul from troubles .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 21:23, so the Hebrew word שֹׁמֵ֖ר (shomer) 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.21.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.23.W4.S1) and character.