Psalm 18:23:4Ps.18.23.W4TABWLC Psalms 18:24
וָֽאֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֥ר
vaeshtamer
“and I kept myself”
- Transliteration
- va-esh-ta-MER
- Extended
- vaa-esh-tah-MEER
- IPA
- /vaʔeʃtamˈmeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- and I kept myself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-esh-ta-MER
- clause
va-esh-ta-MER me-a-vo-NI
- sentence
va-e-HYE ta-MIM i-MO va-esh-ta-MER me-a-vo-NI
Exegesis
The reflexive Nifal verb va'eshtamer {וָאֶשְׁתַּמֵּר | wā-ʾeš-ta-mēr} ‘and I kept myself’ highlights personal agency.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–shin
“fire”
In context — Psalm 18:23
I was blameless with Him , and I kept myself from my iniquity .
About this coordinate
Psalm 18:23:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Psalm 18:23, so the Hebrew word וָֽאֶשְׁתַּמֵּ֥ר (vaeshtamer) 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 Ps.18.23.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.18.23.W4.S1) and character.