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ʾašmūrā אַשְׁמוּרָה ‘watch’ (Hebrew)

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

ʾašmūrā n, f
1) watch (a period of time), night-watch

Mentioned in Exodus 14:24 Judges 7:19 1 Samuel 11:11 Psalms 90:4, 63:7, 119:148 Lamentations 2:19

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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