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Nehemiah 12:45
“And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.” (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
- וַֽ — conjunction
- יִּשְׁמְר֞וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- 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.