Proverbs 22:18:2Prov.22.18.W2TAB
כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם
kitishmerem
“when you keep them”
- Transliteration
- ki-tish-me-REM
- Extended
- kee-tish-me-REEM
- IPA
- /ki.tiʃ.məˈreːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- when you keep them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ki-tish-me-REM
- clause
ki-na-IM ki-tish-me-REM be-vit-NE-kha
- sentence
ki-na-IM ki-tish-me-REM be-vit-NE-kha yi-KO-nu yakh-DAV al-se-fa-TE-kha
Exegesis
The first ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces the evaluative clause with naʿîm {נָעִים | nāʿîm} ‘pleasant’, while the second ki {כִּי | kî} ‘if/when’ marks the conditional protasis.
The verb tišmərēm {תִשְׁמְרֵם | tišmərēm} ‘you keep them’ in the Qal imperfect combines active guarding with pronominal object, and the phrase bə-bīṯnêkā {בְּבִטְנֶךָ | bə-bīṯnêkā} ‘within your belly’ serves as a spatial metaphor for inner receptivity.
Root and etymology
RootShin–Mem–Resh
“to guard, keep”
In context — Proverbs 22:18
For it is pleasant if you keep them within your inner being ; together they will be established upon your lips.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 22:18, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵ֣ם (kitishmerem) 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.22.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.18.W2.S1) and character.