Word

אַשְׁמֻרָה

ʼashmurâh · H821 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

Period of four hours during the night, divided as such for the sake of watchmen; associated with the notion of being unable to sleep (watch (of the night))

Examples
Psalm 63:6 When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches,
Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or like a watch in the night.
Psalm 119:148 My eyes anticipate the night watches, So that I may meditate on Your word.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

בֹּקֶרmorning 2

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

תִּיכוֹןmiddle 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

בin/on/with 6

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 2

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

φυλακή phylakḗ · G5438 · jail, prison, guard post: φυλακή (phylakḗ, G5438) is the standard Greek translation equivalent for אַשְׁמֻרָה (ʼashmurâh, H821) in LXX contexts, both denoting a division of the night as a military watch period.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Time002002002010: אַשְׁמֻרָה names a watch, one of the divisions of the night used to mark time, as in the morning watch when the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army.

Word family 9 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

שָׁמַר shâmar · H8104 · to observe, to watch, to pay attention · 468×מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmereth · H4931 · to keep, to guard, watch · 78×מִשְׁמָר mishmâr · H4929 · custody, watch, guard · 22×שָׁמִיר shâmîyr · H8068 · adamant, brier · 11×אַשְׁמֻרָהʼashmurâh · H821שֶׁמֶר shemer · H8105 · dregs, mature wine · 5×שִׁמֻּר shimmur · H8107 · vigil · 2×שׇׁמְרָה shomrâh · H8108 · to set a guard over (someone's) mouth · 1×שְׁמֻרָה shᵉmurâh · H8109 · eyelids · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H821. ashmoreth or ashmurah אַשְׁמֹ֫רֶת אַשְׁמוּרָה, noun feminine watch (division of…

H821. ashmoreth
or ashmurah אַשְׁמֹ֫רֶת אַשְׁמוּרָה, noun feminine watch (division of time); — absolute בֳּלּ֑יְלָה אַשְׁמוּרָה Psa 90:4; הַתִּיכוֺנָה אַשְׁמֹרֶת ראֹשׁ Jdg 7:19; construct הַבֹּקֶר אַשְׁמֹרֶת Exo 14:24 (J), 1Sa 11:11; plural absolute אַשְׁמֻרוֺת Lam 19:19; Psa 63:7; Psa 119:148.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Time7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0