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Numbers 3:31

“And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.” (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
מִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗ — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
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.

Verse 30 Verse 32

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.