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Deuteronomy 12:28
“Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the Lord thy God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
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
- שְׁמֹ֣ר — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 469 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:15Genesis 3:24Genesis 4:9Genesis 17:9Genesis 17:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמַר here.
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.