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1 Chronicles 23:32

“And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁמַרshâmar · shaw-mar'
H8104 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
שָׁמְר֞וּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
Code HC/Vqq3cp
Usage: Occurs 469 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:15 Genesis 3:24 Genesis 4:9 Genesis 17:9 Genesis 17:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 31

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.