Proverbs 6:24:1Prov.6.24.W1TAB
לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ
lishmarkha
“to guard you”
- Transliteration
- lish-MAR-kha
- Extended
- lihsh-MAAR-khah
- IPA
- /liʃˈmaːr.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to guard you
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lish-MAR-kha
- clause
lish-MAR-kha me-E-shet RA
- sentence
lish-MAR-kha me-E-shet RA me-khe-le-KAT la-SHON na-khe-ri-YA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the infinitive construct lishmōrĕkha {לִשְׁמָרְךָ | liš-mō-rə-ḵā} 'to guard you,' indicating the protective purpose of preceding counsel.
Root and etymology
Roots-m-r
“to keep; guard”
In context — Proverbs 6:24
To guard you from an evil woman and from the seductive speech of a foreign woman.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 6:24, so the Hebrew word לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ (lishmarkha) 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.6.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.24.W1.S1) and character.