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title: שׁוֹרֵר — watcher · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוֹרֵר (8324), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: watcher. BDB 1906: n.m. watcher Pōʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוֹרֵר

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«שׁוֹרֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **watcher** — 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:** 8324 · **BDB:** שׁוֹרֵר

### Glosses

enemies (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

watcher [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8324/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. watcher Pōʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8324/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. (insidious) watcher, (proposes Pōʿl. Pt., מְ׳ om., Ges§ 52 s);—pl. sf. שׁוֹרְרַי ψ 56:3, שׁוֹרְרָ֑י 5:9; 27:11, שֹׁרְרָ֑י 54:7; 59:11; 92:12 v. foregoing.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוֹרֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8324/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 54:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.54.7/)

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יָשִׁ֣יב הָ֭רַע לְשֹׁרְרָ֑י בַּ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ הַצְמִיתֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* may.he.bring.back the evil to enemies my in faithfulness your destroy them

*JPS 1917:* He will requite the evil unto them that lie in wait for me; destroy Thou them in Thy truth.

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[Psalms 59:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.59.11/)

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אֱלֹהֵ֣י חַסְדִּ֣י יְקַדְּמֵ֑נִי אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יַרְאֵ֥נִי בְשֹׁרְרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* the.God my.covenant.loyalty my he will.meet.me God he will.let.me.look on enemies my

*JPS 1917:* The God of my mercy will come to meet me; God will let me gaze upon mine adversaries.

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