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title: מַשְׂמְרָה — nail · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַשְׂמְרָה (4930), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: nail. BDB 1906: n.m. nail. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַשְׂמְרָה

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«מַשְׂמְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nail** — 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:** 4930 · **BDB:** מַסְמֵר²

### Glosses

nails (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4930/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. nail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4930/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ec 12:11 nail (connexion with above √ dub.; 𝔗 מַסְמְרָא, Chr.Pal.Aramaic ܡܣܡܖ̈ܝܐ Schwally 63.122; NH vb. סמר nail on or up; Arabic مِسْمَارٌ is perhaps loan-word Frä 89);—pl. abs. מַסְמְרִים Is 41:7, מִסְמְרִים 1 Ch 22:3 (of iron; on—ִ v. Ges§ 85 f.); also מַסְמְרוֹת Je 10:4 (+ מַקָּבוֹת), מַשְׂמְרוֹת נְטוּעִים, Ec 12:11 (sim.; + דָּרְבֹנוֹת), and מִסְמְרוֹת 2 Ch 3:9 (of gold).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַשְׂמְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4930/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.11/)

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דִּבְרֵ֤י חֲכָמִים֙ כַּדָּ֣רְבֹנ֔וֹת וּֽכְמַשְׂמְר֥וֹת נְטוּעִ֖ים בַּעֲלֵ֣י אֲסֻפּ֑וֹת נִתְּנ֖וּ מֵרֹעֶ֥ה אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].words of.wise.\[people\] \[are\].like (the) goads and.\[are\] like nails firmly.fixed masters of.collections they.are.given from a.shepherd one

*JPS 1917:* The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.

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