Deuteronomy 8:6:1Deut.8.6.W1PAT

וְשָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔

veshamarta

keep

Transliteration
ve-sha-mar-TA
Extended
veh-shah-mar-TAA
IPA
/vəʃa.marˈtaː/

Meaning by language

English
keep
French
garder
Spanish
guardar
Portuguese
guardar
German
halten
Russian
соблюдать
Arabic-Simplified
احفظ
Hindi
पालना
Chinese-Simplified
遵守
Korean
지키다
Indonesian
menaati
Bengali
মান্য করা
Tagalog
sundin
Swahili
tii
Amharic
መጠበቅ
Yoruba
tọ́jú
Igbo
debe
Twi
di so
Ewe
kpe

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Result
וְ + שָׁ֣ + מַרְ + תָּ֔
ve + sha + mar + ta
veshamarta

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
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sha-mar-TA

  2. clause

    ve-sha-mar-TA et-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

  3. sentence

    ve-sha-mar-TA et-mits-VOT Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha la-LE-KHET bi-de-ra-KHAV oo-le-yir-AH o-TO

In contextDeuteronomy 8:6

keep commandments LORD your God walk in his ways fear him

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 8:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 8:6, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֣מַרְתָּ֔ (veshamarta) 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.8.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.8.6.W1.S1) and character.