Leviticus 22:9:1Lev.22.9.W1PAT
וְשָׁמְר֣וּ
veshamru
“keep”
- Transliteration
- ve-sham-RU
- Extended
- veh-shahm-ROO
- IPA
- /vəʃamˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- keep
- French
- garder
- Spanish
- guardar
- Portuguese
- guardar
- German
- bewahren
- Russian
- хранить
- Arabic-Simplified
- يحفظوا
- Hindi
- रखना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 遵守
- Korean
- 지키다
- Indonesian
- menjaga
- Bengali
- রক্ষা করা
- Tagalog
- ingatan
- Swahili
- linda
- Amharic
- ጠብቅ
- Yoruba
- pa mọ́
- Igbo
- debe
- Twi
- kora
- Ewe
- ɖo
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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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-sham-RU
- phraseyour reading level
ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI
- clause
ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV KHET u-me-TU VO ki ye-khal-le-LOO-hu
- sentence
ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI ve-LO-yis-U a-LAV KHET u-me-TU VO ki ye-khal-le-LOO-hu a-NI Ye-ho-VAH me-kad-SHAM
In context — Leviticus 22:9
keep not bear sin upon it die by it because profane it I LORD sanctifies them
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 22:9, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁמְר֣וּ (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 Lev.22.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.9.W1.S1) and character.