Proverbs 5:2:1Prov.5.2.W1TAB
לִשְׁמֹ֥ר
lishmor
“to keep or to guard”
- Transliteration
- lish-MOR
- Extended
- lihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /liʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- to keep or to guard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
lish-MOR
- clause
lish-MOR me-zim-MOT
- sentence
lish-MOR me-zim-MOT ve-DA-at se-fa-TE-kha yin-tso-RU
Exegesis
This proverb begins with the infinitive construct lishmor {לִשְׁמֹ֥ר | liš-mōr} ‘to keep,’ functioning as a purpose clause linked to the preceding exhortation.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Proverbs 5:2
So that you may keep discretion , and your lips guard knowledge.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 5:2, so the Hebrew word לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (lishmor) 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.5.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.2.W1.S1) and character.