מִשְׁמָר (mišmār) is a Hebrew noun meaning place of confinement. It appears 22 times in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4929).
מִשְׁמָר noun, masculine: place of confinement, gaol, prison, guard, watch, observance
place of confinement, gaol, prison; late, guard, watch, observance
Strong's H4929 מִשְׁמָר: a guard (the man, the post or the prison); a deposit (figuratively); also (as observed) a usage (abstractly), or an example (concretely)
KJV:diligence, guard, office, prison, ward, watch.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 2414: שָׁמַר šāmar — keep, watch, preserve; have charge of, guard, watch for, wait for, observe, retain, restrain, celebrate, reserve; be on one's guard, keep oneself, refrain, abstain, be kept, guarded; those paying regard to false vanities; hedge…
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