מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mišmeret) is a Hebrew noun meaning guard. It appears 78 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4931).
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת noun, feminine: guard, watch, charge, function
guard, watch, also charge, function
Strong's H4931 מִשְׁמֶרֶת: watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
KJV:charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, 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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