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title: אַשְׁמוּרָה — watch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַשְׁמוּרָה (821), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: watch. BDB 1906: n.f. watch. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַשְׁמוּרָה

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«אַשְׁמוּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **watch** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 821 · **BDB:** אַשְׁמוּרָה²

### Glosses

the.watch (3); \[the\].night-watches (1); a.watch (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

watch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/821/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. watch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/821/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. watch (division of time);—abs. אַשְׁמוּרָה בַּלָּ֑יְלָה ψ 90:4; רֹאשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַתִּיכוֹנָה Ju 7:19; cstr. אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר Ex 14:24 (J), 1 S 11:11; pl. abs. אַשְׁמֻרוֹת La 2:19 ψ 63:7; 119:148.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַשְׁמוּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/821/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:148](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.148/)

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קִדְּמ֣וּ עֵ֭ינַי אַשְׁמֻר֑וֹת לָ֝שִׂ֗יחַ בְּאִמְרָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* they.anticipate eyes my \[the\].night-watches to meditate on word your

*JPS 1917:* Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.

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[Psalms 63:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.7/)

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אִם־זְכַרְתִּ֥יךָ עַל־יְצוּעָ֑י בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת אֶהְגֶּה־בָּֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* if I have.remembered.you on beds my in.\[the\] night-watches I.meditate on you

*JPS 1917:* When I remember Thee upon my couch, and meditate on Thee in the night-watches.

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