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

Result
וְ + שָׁמְ + ר֣וּ
ve + sham + ru
veshamru

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
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-sham-RU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ve-sham-RU et-mish-mar-TI

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextLeviticus 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.