Genesis 18:19:9Gen.18.19.W9PAT
וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙
veshamru
“keep”
- Transliteration
- ve-sham-RU
- Extended
- veh-shahm-ROO
- IPA
- /və.ʃam.ˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
- French
- garder
- Spanish
- guardar
- Portuguese
- guardar
- German
- bewahren
- Russian
- хранить
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَيَحْفَظُوا
- Hindi
- पालन करें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 守
- Korean
- 지키게
- Indonesian
- memelihara
- Bengali
- রক্ষা করবে
- Tagalog
- at panatilihin
- Swahili
- kushika
- Amharic
- ይጠብቁ
- Yoruba
- pa mọ́
- Igbo
- debe
- Twi
- bɛkora
- Ewe
- alé
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sham-RU
- clause
KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT
- sentence
KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV
In context — Genesis 18:19
for I have known him so that that he will command his sons and his household after him keep the way of LORD to do righteousness and justice so that LORD bring upon Abraham that he spoke concerning him
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:19:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 18:19, so the Hebrew word וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ (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 Gen.18.19.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.19.W9.S1) and character.