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title: שׇׁמְרָה — guard · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׇׁמְרָה (8108), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: guard. BDB 1906: n.f. guard, watch. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׇׁמְרָה

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«שׇׁמְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **guard** — 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:** 8108 · **BDB:** שָׁמְרָה

### Glosses

a.guard (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

guard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8108/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. guard, watch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8108/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. guard, watch;—שִׁיתָה י׳ שׁ׳ לְפִי ψ 141:3 (‖ נִצְּרָה עַל־דַּל שְׂפָתָ֑י).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׇׁמְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8108/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 141:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.141.3/)

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שִׁיתָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה שָׁמְרָ֣ה לְפִ֑י נִ֝צְּרָ֗ה עַל־דַּ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽי׃

*Word for word:* set O.Yahweh a.guard for mouth my keep watch over the.door my.lips my

*JPS 1917:* Set a guard, O LORD, to my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.

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