Deuteronomy 31:12:16Deut.31.12.W16PAT

וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּ

veshamru

observe

Transliteration
ve-sham-RU
Extended
veh-shahm-ROO
IPA
/vəʃaːmˈruː/

Meaning by language

English
observe
French
observer
Spanish
observar
Portuguese
observar
German
beachten
Russian
соблюдать
Arabic-Simplified
يحفظوا
Hindi
पालन करें
Chinese-Simplified
遵守
Korean
지키다
Indonesian
mematuhi
Bengali
মান্য করা
Tagalog
sumunod
Swahili
kutii
Amharic
መጠበቅ
Yoruba
pa mọ́
Igbo
debe
Twi
na di so
Ewe
le

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + שָֽׁמְ + ר֣וּ
ve + sham + ru
veshamru

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Memm as in mother
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sham-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-sham-RU la-a-SOT

  3. clause

    le-MA-an yish-me-U u-le-MA-an yil-me-DU ve-ya-re-U ET-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM ve-sham-RU la-a-SOT ET-kol-div-RE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT

  4. sentence

    hak-HEL ET-ha-AM ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ger-KHA a-SHER bish-a-RE-kha le-MA-an yish-me-U u-le-MA-an yil-me-DU ve-ya-re-U ET-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM ve-sham-RU la-a-SOT ET-kol-div-RE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT

In contextDeuteronomy 31:12

assemble the people the men and the women and the little ones and your sojourner who in your gates so that hear and so that learn fear the LORD your God observe to do all the words of the law this

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 31:12:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 31:12, so the Hebrew word וְשָֽׁמְר֣וּ (veshamru) 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 Deut.31.12.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.31.12.W16.S1) and character.