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title: מִשְׁמָר — place of confinement · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁמָר (4929), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: place of confinement. BDB 1906: place of confinement, gaol, prison; late, guard, watch, observance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁמָר

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«מִשְׁמָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **place of confinement** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 22 times · **Key:** 4929 · **BDB:** מִשְׁמָר²

### Glosses

custody (4); guard (4); a.guard (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

place of confinement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4929/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

place of confinement, gaol, prison; late, guard, watch, observance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4929/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] place of confinement, gaol, prison; late, guard, watch, observance;—abs. מ׳ Gn 42:17 +; cstr. מִשְׁמַר 40:3 +; sf. מִשְׁמָרוֹ Ne 7:3, etc.; pl. sf. -רָיו 13:14;— gaol, prison, מ׳ בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים Gn 40:3, cf. v 4 (abs.), v 7; 41:10; 42:17 (abs.), + v 30 (𝔊), בֵּית מִשְׁמַרְכֶם v 19 (all E); guard-house in camp Lv 24:12 (P), Nu 15:34 (P). guard, Je 51:12; Ne 4:3, 16, אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ׳ v 17; guard-post 7:3; fig. of י׳ setting a guard, כִּי תָשִׂים עָלַי מ׳ Jb 7:12; band of (Levit.) guards or functionaries 1 Ch 26:16; Ne 12:24, 25 (cf. מִשְׁמֶרֶת); act of guarding, מִכָּל־מ׳ Pr 4:23 above all guarding watch thy heart.—לְמ׳ Ez 38:7 is doubtful, Hi Co Toy al. reserve; Krae לְמשֵׁל. pl. observances, services, of temple Ne 13:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁמָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4929/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 42:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.42.17/)

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וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף אֹתָ֛ם אֶל־מִשְׁמָ֖ר שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.removed them to custody three days

*JPS 1917:* And he put them all together into ward three days.

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[Job 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.12/)

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הֲ‍ֽיָם־אָ֭נִי אִם־תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃

*Word for word:* \[the\] sea? \[am\].I or? \[the\].sea.monster (cmp) you.will.set over me a.guard

*JPS 1917:* Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?

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