שָׁמַר

sha.mar · to keep: obey

Hebrew · Strong's H8104 · Verb · Sounds like: shaw-mar' · 469 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to keep: obey H8104G 202
  • to keep: guard H8104H · a Meaning of 161
  • to keep: careful H8104J · a Meaning of 77
  • to keep: look at H8104I · a Meaning of 29

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.; beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שָׁמַר 465 vb. keep, watch, preserve
Qal 425
1.
a. keep, have charge of
b. keep, guard, captives
c. hence, watch for, wait for
d. watch, observe
2.
a. keep, retain, of storing up (food)
b. keep within bounds, restrain
3.
a. observe, celebrate
b. keep sabbath
c. of other obligations
d. observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)
4. sts. י׳ subj.
5. keep, reserve, weeks of harvest
Niph. 36
1. be on one's guard
2. keep oneself, refrain, abstain
3. be kept, guarded
Pi. those paying regard to false vanities
Hithp. I kept myself from

Every occurrence

  1. Song of Solomon 3:3 הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים ha.Sho.me.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

    The watchmen that go about the city found me; To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

  2. Song of Solomon 5:7 הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛ים ha.sho.me.Rim · An -ing word: simple action

    The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

  3. Song of Solomon 5:7 שֹׁמְרֵ֖י sho.me.Rei · An -ing word: simple action

    The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

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