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title: שֶׁמֶר — lees · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁמֶר (8105), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: lees. BDB 1906: n.m. pl. lees, dregs. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֶׁמֶר

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«שֶׁמֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lees** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8105 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫מֶר²

### Glosses

lees (2); dregs (1); of.old.wine(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lees [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8105/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. pl. lees, dregs [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8105/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 25:6 only pl. lees, dregs (fig.);—abs. שְׁמָרִים Is 25:6(×2) (in both = wine matured by resting undisturbed on the lees); sf. שֹׁקֵט הוּא אֶל־שְׁמָרָיו Je 48:11 (of Moab’s undisturbed life), cf. (of careless men) הַקֹּפְאִים עַל־ שִׁמְרֵיהֶם Zp 1:12; שְׁמָרֶיהָ ψ 75:9 (of י׳’s cup of judgment).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֶׁמֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8105/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 25:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.6/)

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וְעָשָׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּים֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מִשְׁתֵּ֥ה שְׁמָנִ֖ים מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.make Yahweh of.hosts for all the peoples on the mountain (the) this a.feast of.fat.things a.feast of.old.wine(s) fat.things full.of.marrow old.wine(s) refined

*JPS 1917:* And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

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[Psalms 75:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.9/)

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כִּ֤י כ֪וֹס בְּֽיַד־יְהוָ֡ה וְיַ֤יִן חָמַ֨ר ׀ מָ֥לֵא מֶסֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֵּ֪ר מִ֫זֶּ֥ה אַךְ־שְׁ֭מָרֶיהָ יִמְצ֣וּ יִשְׁתּ֑וּ כֹּ֝֗ל רִשְׁעֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.cup \[is\].in the.hand of.Yahweh and wine it.is.foaming full spiced.drink and he.has.poured.out some of.this surely dregs its they.will.drain they.will.drink all \[the\].wicked.\[people\] of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

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