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mišmār מִשְׁמָר ‘custody’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāmar שָׁמַר ‘to keep’
Roots: שׁמר

mišmār n, m
1) place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance
 1a) jail, prison, guard-house
 1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding
 1c) observances

Mentioned in Genesis 40:7, 42:19, 40:3, 42:17, 41:10, 40:4 Codex Leviticus 24:12 Numbers 15:34 Jeremiah 51:12 Ezekiel 38:7 Proverbs 4:23 Job 7:12 Nehemiah 4:17, 12:24, 7:3, 4:16, 13:14, 4:3, 12:25 1 Chronicles 26:16

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