מִשְׁמָר
mish.mar
“custody”
Definition
a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
from H8104 (שָׁמַר);
- place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance 1a) jail, prison, guard-house 1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding 1c) observances
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מִשְׁמָר appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah.There were guards stationed at every watch.
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant.After they had been in custody for some time,
So Joseph imprisoned them for three days,
Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep,that You must keep me under guard?
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
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