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Numbers 3:25

“And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmereth · mish-mer'-reth
H4931 · Hebrew

Definition: watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party
Derivation: feminine of H4929 (מִשְׁמָר);
KJV renderings: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncfsc
Usage: Occurs 78 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:5 Exodus 12:6 Exodus 16:23 Exodus 16:32 Exodus 16:33

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 מִשְׁמֶרֶת here.

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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.