The meaning of “אַשְׁמֻרָה”
Understanding ʼashmurâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or אַשׁמוּרָה ʼashmûwrâh (ash-moo-raw'); or אַשׁמֹרֶת ʼashmôreth (ash-mo'-reth); (feminine) from שָׁמַר watch. - a night...
אַשְׁמֻרָה
or אַשׁמוּרָה ʼashmûwrâh (ash-moo-raw'); or אַשׁמֹרֶת ʼashmôreth (ash-mo'-reth); (feminine) from שָׁמַר watch. - a night watch 1) watch (a period of time), night-watch
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 14:24 | “And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,” Word: אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh) | |
| Judges 7:19 | “So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.” Word: אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh) | |
| 1 Samuel 11:11 | “And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.” Word: אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh) | |
| Psalms 90:4 | “For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.” Word: אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh) | |
| Lamentations 2:19 | “Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.” Word: אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh) |
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