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title: שֶׁמֶר — Shamer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֶׁמֶר (8106), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Shamer. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Shamer** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 8106 · **BDB:** שֶׁ֫מֶר

### Glosses

of.Shemer (3); Shemer (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shamer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8106/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8106/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (proposes clan-name, cf. StaZAW v (1885), 166f., cf. Sab. שמר Os 13, but NAram شِمْر DHMZMG xxxvii (1885). 14 SabDenkm 30);—Σεμ(μ)ηρ, etc.: שׁ׳ orig. owner of hill where Sam. was built 1 K 16:24(×2). שָׁ֑מֶר: Levite 1 Ch 6:31. in Asher 7:34, A 𝔊L Σωμηρ; = שֹׁמֵר v 32. in Benj. 8:12 van d. H.; \> שֶׁמֶד q.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 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/1513/8106/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.31/)

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בֶּן־אַמְצִ֥י בֶן־בָּנִ֖י בֶּן־שָֽׁמֶר׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Amzi the.son of.Bani the.son of.Shemer

*JPS 1917:* the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer;

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[1 Chronicles 7:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.34/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י שָׁ֑מֶר אֲחִ֥י וְרָהְגָּ֖ה וְחֻבָּ֥ה וַאֲרָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Shemer \[were\].Ahi and Rohgah and Hubbah and Aram

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.

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