אַשְׁמוּרָה (ʾašmûrâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning watch. It appears 7 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H821).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2414e)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אַשְׁמוּרָה noun, feminine: watch

אַשְׁמֹ֫רֶה noun, feminine watch (division of time)

Strong's H821 אַשְׁמֻרָה: a night watch
KJV: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…

• שָׁמַר shamar — keep
• שֹׁמְרוֹן šōmĕrôn — Samaria
• מִשְׁמֶרֶת mišmeret — guard
• מִשְׁמָר mišmār — place of confinement
• שִׁמֻּר šimmur — watching
• שְׁמֻרָה šĕmurâ — eye-lid
• שׇׁמְרָה šomrâ — guard

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