אַשְׁמוּרָה
ash.mu.rah
“watch”
Definition
a night watch
or אַשׁמוּרָה; or אַשׁמֹרֶת; (feminine) from H8104 (שָׁמַר);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
אַשְׁמוּרָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
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.
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.
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.
My eyes anticipate the watches of night,that I may meditate on Your word.
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