Proverbs 6:22:5Prov.6.22.W5TAB
תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר
tishmor
“it will keep guard”
- Transliteration
- tish-MOR
- Extended
- tihsh-MOHR
- IPA
- /tiʃˈmoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- it will keep guard
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
be-sha-khev-KHA tish-MOR a-LE-kha
- clause
be-hit-ha-LEKH-kha tan-KHE o-TAKH be-sha-khev-KHA tish-MOR a-LE-kha
- sentence
be-hit-ha-LEKH-kha tan-KHE o-TAKH be-sha-khev-KHA tish-MOR a-LE-kha va-ha-ki-TSO-ta HI te-SI-kha
Exegesis
Each leads into an imperfect verb—tanhe {תַּנְחֶה | tan-ḥê} ‘it will lead,’ tishmor {תִּשְׁמֹר | tiš-mōr} ‘it will watch over,’ and Tesikhekha {תְשִׂיחֶךָ | tĕ-sî-ḥe-ḵa} ‘it will speak with you’—creating a rhythm of ongoing action.
Root and etymology
ש־מ־ר
“to guard, keep, watch”
In context — Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, it will lead you; when you lie down, it will watch you; and when you awake, it will speak with you.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 6:22, so the Hebrew word תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר (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.6.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.22.W5.S1) and character.