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title: שִׁמֻּרִים — watching · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמֻּרִים (8107), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: watching. BDB 1906: watching, vigil. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמֻּרִים

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«שִׁמֻּרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **watching** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8107 · **BDB:** שִׁמֻּר

### Glosses

\[will.be\].vigil(s) (1); of.vigil(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

watching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8107/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

watching, vigil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8107/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] watching, vigil (so Di; \> observance);—pl. לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים לי׳ Ex 12:42 a night of vigils to י׳, שׁ׳ לְכָל־בְּנֵי יִשׂ׳ v 42.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another 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 «שִׁמֻּרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8107/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.42/)

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לֵ֣יל שִׁמֻּרִ֥ים הוּא֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לְהוֹצִיאָ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הֽוּא־הַלַּ֤יְלָה הַזֶּה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה שִׁמֻּרִ֛ים לְכָל־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְדֹרֹתָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.night of.vigil(s) it for Yahweh to bring them.out from the.land of.Egypt that the night (the) this for Yahweh \[will.be\].vigil(s) for all the.people of.Israel to generations their

*JPS 1917:* It was a night of watching unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt; this same night is a night of watching unto the LORD for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

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