Genesis 2:15:8Gen.2.15.W8PAT
וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃
uleshomrah
“and to guard it”
- Transliteration
- u-le-shom-RAH
- Extended
- oo-leh-shohm-RAAH
- IPA
- /uː.lə.ʃɔm.ˈraːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- and to guard it
- French
- et pour le garder
- Spanish
- y para guardarlo
- Portuguese
- e para guardá-lo
- German
- und um ihn zu bewahren
- Russian
- и чтобы хранить его
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَلِيَحْفَظَهَا
- Hindi
- और उसकी रक्षा करने के लिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 并去看守它
- Korean
- 그리고 그것을 지키도록
- Indonesian
- dan untuk menjaganya
- Bengali
- এবং তা রক্ষা করার জন্য
- Tagalog
- at upang bantayan ito
- Swahili
- na kuilinda
- Amharic
- እና ሊጠብቀው
- Yoruba
- láti ṣọ́ ọ
- Igbo
- na ichekwa ya
- Twi
- na ɔbɛhwɛ so
- Ewe
- eye be woakpɔ ɖa le edzi
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
u-le-shom-RAH
- clause
va-yan-ni-KHE-hu ve-gan-E-den le-ov-DAH u-le-shom-RAH
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM va-yan-ni-KHE-hu ve-gan-E-den le-ov-DAH u-le-shom-RAH
In context — Genesis 2:15
LORD God {And He} took the man {And} he placed him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to guard it
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 2:15, so the Hebrew word וּלְשָׁמְרָֽהּ׃ (uleshomrah) 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.2.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.15.W8.S1) and character.