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šōmēr שֹׁמֵר ‘Shomer’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: active participle of šāmar שָׁמַר ‘to keep’
Roots: שׁמר

šōmēr pr n m pers
Shomer = "keeper"
1) son of Jehozabad or Shimrith the Moabitess and one of the conspirators who slew king Joash of Judah
2) an Asherite, son of Heber
 2a) also 'Shemer'

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2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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