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Strong's #4931 - מִשְׁמֶרֶת
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- guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch
- guard, watch, house of detention or confinement
- keeping, preserving
- charge, injunction
- office, function (ceremonial)
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2853) rms (סהמר ShMR) AC: Guard CO: Brier AB: Custody: A close watching of something for guarding or protecting. Shepherds constructed corrals of briers at night to protect the flock from predators. [from: nx- from the thorns used in constructing a corral]
V) rms (סהמר ShMR) - Guard: To watch over or guard in the sense of preserving or protecting. KJV (468): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel, Participle) keep, observe, heed, keeper, preserve, beware, mark, watchman, wait, watch, regard, save - Strongs: H8104 (שָׁמַר)
Nm) rms (סהמר ShMR) - Dregs: The settlings of wine. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (5): lees, dregs - Strongs: H8105 (שֶׁמֶר)
Nf1) erms (סהמרה ShMRH) - Guard: One who watches over. KJV (1): watch - Strongs: H8108 (שָׁמְרָה)
bm) rims (סהמיר ShMYR) - I. Brier:Used to construct a corral to protect the flock at night. II. Shamiyr:An unknown sharp stone such as flint or obsidian. KJV (11): brier, adamant, diamond - Strongs: H8068 (שָׁמִיר)
dm) rfms (סהמור ShMWR) - Watching: KJV (2): observed - Strongs: H8107 (שִׁמֻּרִים)
df1) erfms (סהמורה ShMWRH) - Lid: As a covering of protection. KJV (1): waking - Strongs: H8109 (שְׁמֻרָה)
hm) rmsm (מסהמר MShMR) - Custody: A careful watching over as an office, guard or prison. KJV (22): ward, watch, guard, diligence, office, prison - Strongs: H4929 (מִשְׁמָר)
hf2) trmm (מסהמרת MShMRT) - Charge: What is given to be watched over and protected. KJV (78): charge, ward, watch, keep, ordinance, office, safeguard - Strongs: H4931 (מִשְׁמֶרֶת)
ndf1) erfmsa (אסהמורה AShMWRH) - Watch: An increment of time during the night when guards watch the area. KJV (7): watch, night watch - Strongs: H821 (אַשְׁמֹרֶת)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 guard, watch: ׳בֵּית מ 2 Samuel 20:3 = house of detention, confinement; אַתָּה עִמָּדִי׳מ 1 Samuel 22:23i.e. protected, secure; with שָׁמַר keep the watch 2 Kings 11:5,6,7; 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. v. 1 Chronicles 12:29); = post of watch (figurative) Isaiah 21:3 ("" מִצְפֶה), Habakkuk 2:1 ("" מָצוֺר); plural = guards Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 9:23.
2 keeping, preserving, ׳וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמ Exodus 12:6i.e. ye shall keep it; ׳הִנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמ Exodus 16:23; compare Exodus 16:32; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:34; Numbers 19:9 (all P).
3 charge, injunction of ׳י, with שָׁמַר, in General Deuteronomy 11:1 ( + חֻקוֺת, מִשְׁמָּטִים, מִצְוֺת), compare Genesis 26:5; 1 Kings 2:3, and (׳מִצְוַת י׳מ) Joshua 22:3 (all R D), Malachi 3:14; of specific injunctions Leviticus 18:30; Numbers 9:19,23.
4. a. ceremonial office or function (AV RV usually charge) of priest or Levite (P [especially Numbers], Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 44; Ezekiel 48; Chronicles, Zechariah), mostly with שָׁמַר: מִשְׁכַּן הָלֵדוּת׳מ Numbers 1:53, ׳מִשְׁכַּן י׳מ Numbers 31:30,47, הַמִּקְדָּשׁ׳מ Ezekiel 44:15; Numbers 3:38, אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד׳מ Numbers 18:4 compare Numbers 18:3,1Chronicles 23:32, הַקֹּדֶשׁ׳מ Numbers 3:28,32; Numbers 18:5; 1 Chronicles 23:32, קָדָשַׁי׳מ (of Israel in General) Ezekiel 44:8, הַמִּזְבֵּחַ׳מ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י Numbers 18:8, הַבַּיִת׳מ Ezekiel 40:45; Ezekiel 44:14, הַטָּהֳרָה׳מ Nehemiah 12:45; with Genitive (suffix) ׳מ׳שׁ = perform the service imposed by, due to, Leviticus 8:35; Leviticus 22:9; Ezekiel 44:8,16; Ezekiel 48:11; Zechariah 3:7, אֱםהֵיהֶם׳מ Nehemiah 12:45 (of Judah in General); הָעֵדָה׳מ Numbers 3:7a, ׳בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳מ Numbers 3:8,38, בְּנֵי גֵרְשׁוֺן׳מ Numbers 3:25; compare Numbers 3:7a., Numbers 3:31,36; Numbers 4:27,28,31,32; Numbers 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; also, in secular sense, בֵּית שָׁאוּל׳מ 1 Chronicles 12:30; מַשָּׂאָם׳מ Numbers 4:31, מַשָּׂאָם׳כְּלֵי מ Numbers 4:32 ( Numbers 4:27 read with ᵐ5 Di Gr Gray, etc. בְּשֵׁמוֺת for ׳במ, and perhaps מִשְׁמֶרֶת after אֵת, compare Numbers 4:32); ׳עֲלֵיהֶם מ 1 Chronicles 9:27i.e. the duty rested upon them; — 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 26:12 see I. עֻמָה
c, d (p. 769 above); עֹמְדִים׳עַלמֿ 2 Chronicles 7:6 were standing according to (or in) their offices, ׳הֱעֶמִיד עַל מ appoint to their offices 2 Chronicles 8:14; 35:2.
b. pl. of Levitical divisions for service Nehemiah 12:9.
II. שׁמר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew שְׁמָרִים = Biblical Hebrew, also verb denominative; ᵑ7שִׁמְרָא; meaning of √ and relation (if any) o I. ׳שׁ obscure; compare possibly Arabic be tawny, dark, in colour, Lane1425a).
מִשְׁמֶרֶת pl. מֻשְׁמָרוֹת, f. of the preceding.
(1) custody, guard.
(a) the act of guarding, 2 Kings 11:5, 2 Kings 11:6.
(b) a place where guards are set, a station, Isaiah 21:8; Habakkuk 2:1 also used of the guards or watchmen themselves, Nehemiah 7:3, 12:9 13:30.
(c) that which is guarded, 1 Samuel 22:23.
(2) a keeping, Exodus 12:6, 16:32, 33 Exodus 16:33, 34 Exodus 16:34.
(3) observance, or performance of an office or function, Numbers 4:27, 31, זאֹת מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם “this is the observance of their porterage,” these things are for them to carry; Numbers 3:31, מִשְׁמַרְתָּם הָאָרוֹן “their office (was) the ark.” Hence שָׁמַר מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּן Numbers 1:53, 31:30, 47 Numbers 31:47, or הַקֹּדֶשׁ 3:28 32:38, or יְהֹוָה Levit. 8:35, to do service in the holy tabernacle.
(4) that which is observed, a law, a rite, Genesis 26:5; Leviticus 18:30, 22:9 Deuteronomy 11:1; Joshua 22:3; 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Chronicles 13:11, 23:6 Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 3:14. Farther
(5) שָׁמַר מִשְׁמֶרֶת פּ׳ to keep on any one’s side, i.e. continually to follow his party, 1 Chronicles 12:29, מַרְבִּיתָם שֹׁמְרִים מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית שָׁאוּל. Vulg. magna pars eorum adhuc sequebatur domum Saul.