Deuteronomy 5:1:17Deut.5.1.W17PAT

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם

ushemartem

keep

Transliteration
u-she-mar-TEM
Extended
oo-sheh-mar-TEHM
IPA
/uʃəmˈartem/

Meaning by language

English
keep
French
garder
Spanish
guardar
Portuguese
guardar
German
bewahren
Russian
соблюдать
Arabic-Simplified
تحفظون
Hindi
पालना
Chinese-Simplified
遵守
Korean
지키다
Indonesian
menjaga
Bengali
মানা
Tagalog
ingatan
Swahili
kuhifadhi
Amharic
መጠበቅ
Yoruba
pa mọ́
Igbo
debe
Twi
kora
Ewe
ɖo

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וּ + שְׁ + מַרְ + תֶּ֖ם
u + she + mar + tem
ushemartem

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-she-mar-TEM

  2. clause

    u-le-mad-TEM o-TAM u-she-mar-TEM la-a-so-TAM

  3. sentence

    va-yik-RA MO-sheh el-kol-yis-ra-EL va-YO-mer a-le-HEM she-MA yis-ra-EL et-ha-khu-KIM ve-et-ha-mish-pa-TIM a-SHER a-NO-khi do-VER be-oz-NE-khem ha-YOM u-le-mad-TEM o-TAM u-she-mar-TEM la-a-so-TAM

In contextDeuteronomy 5:1

Moses called to all Israel said to them hear Israel the statutes and the judgments which I speak in your hearing today learn them keep to do them

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 5:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 5:1, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם (ushemartem) 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.5.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.1.W17.S1) and character.