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title: יִשְׁמְרַי — Ishmerai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יִשְׁמְרַי (3461), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ishmerai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יִשְׁמְרַי

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«יִשְׁמְרַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ishmerai** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3461 · **BDB:** יִשְׁמְרַי²

### Glosses

Ishmerai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ishmerai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3461/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3461/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Benj., 1 Ch 8:18, Σαμαρει; A Ιεσαμαρι, 𝔊L Ιασσημαρι.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יִשְׁמְרַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3461/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.18/)

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וְיִשְׁמְרַ֧י וְיִזְלִיאָ֛ה וְיוֹבָ֖ב בְּנֵ֥י אֶלְפָּֽעַל׃

*Word for word:* and Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab \[were\].the.sons of.Elpaal

*JPS 1917:* and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, were the sons of Elpaal.

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