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Exodus 12:17

“And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.” (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: וּ — conjunction
שְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqq2mp
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)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמַר here.

Verse 16 Verse 18

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.