Leviticus 18:26:1Lev.18.26.W1PAT

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם

ushemartem

keep

Transliteration
u-she-mar-TEM
Extended
oo-sheh-mar-TEM
IPA
/uː.ʃə.marˈtem/

Meaning by language

English
keep
French
garder
Spanish
guardar
Portuguese
guardar
German
bewahren
Russian
соблюдать
Arabic-Simplified
احفظوا
Hindi
पालन करना
Chinese-Simplified
遵守
Korean
지키다
Indonesian
memelihara
Bengali
পালন করা
Tagalog
ingatan
Swahili
linda
Amharic
ጠብቁ
Yoruba
ṣọ́
Igbo
debe
Twi
hwɛ so
Ewe
ɖo

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Result
וּ + שְׁ + מַרְ + תֶּ֣ם
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. phraseyour reading level

    u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM

  3. clause

    u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khu-ko-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL-leh

  4. sentence

    u-she-mar-TEM a-TEM et-khu-ko-TAI ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ve-LO ta-a-SU mi-KOL ha-to-e-VOT ha-EL-leh ha-ez-RAKH ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toch-KHEM

In contextLeviticus 18:26

you keep my statutes my judgments the native-born and the sojourner who dwells among you not do of all the abominations these

About this coordinate

Leviticus 18:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 18:26, so the Hebrew word וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם (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 Lev.18.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.26.W1.S1) and character.