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title: שֹׁומֵר — Shomer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁומֵר (7763), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shomer. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁומֵר

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«שֹׁומֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shomer** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7763 · **BDB:** שֹׁמֵר

### Glosses

Shomer (1); of.Shomer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shomer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7763/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7763/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. father of one of Joash’s murderers 2 K 12:21, Σωμηρ, 𝔊L Σεμμηρ (called שִׁמְרִית q.v., a Moabitess, ‖ 2 Ch 24:26). Asherite 1 Ch 7:32, Σαμηρ, Σωμηρ; = שֶׁמֵר 2 b.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁומֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7763/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.32/)

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וְחֶ֙בֶר֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־יַפְלֵ֔ט וְאֶת־שׁוֹמֵ֖ר וְאֶת־חוֹתָ֑ם וְאֵ֖ת שׁוּעָ֥א אֲחוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Heber he.fathered (et) Japhlet and (et) Shomer and (et) Hotham and (et) Shua sister their

*JPS 1917:* And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

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[2 Kings 12:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.22/)

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וְיוֹזָבָ֣ד בֶּן־שִׁ֠מְעָת וִיהוֹזָבָ֨ד בֶּן־שֹׁמֵ֤ר ׀ עֲבָדָיו֙ הִכֻּ֣הוּ וַיָּמֹ֔ת וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֖יו בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֲמַצְיָ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* and Jozabad the.son of.Shimeath and Jehozabad the.son of.Shomer servants his they struck.him.down and he.died and people.buried him with ancestors his in the.city of.David and he.became.king Amaziah son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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