HebrewH0821Noun (Feminine)

אַשְׁמוּרָה

ash.mu.rah

6Occurrences
H0821Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a night watch

or אַשׁמוּרָה; or אַשׁמֹרֶת; (feminine) from H8104 (שָׁמַר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
watch (a period of time), night-watch

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

אַשְׁמוּרָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Psalms
2
1 Samuel
1
Exodus
1
Judges
1
Lamentations
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 11:11BSB

The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

Exodus 14:24BSB

At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.

Judges 7:19BSB

Gideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.

Lamentations 2:19BSB

Arise, cry out in the nightfrom the first watch of the night.Pour out your heart like waterin the presence of the Lord.Lift up your hands to Himfor the lives of your childrenwho are fainting from hungeron the corner of every street.

Psalms 119:148BSB

My eyes anticipate the watches of night,that I may meditate on Your word.

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