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מִשְׁמָר noun [masculine] place of confinement, goal, prison; late, guard, watch, observance; — absolute ׳ מ Gen 42:17 +; construct מִשְׁמַר Gen 40:3 +; suffix מִשְׁמָרוֺ Neh 7:3, etc.; plural suffix רָיו- Neh 13:14 —
1.
goal, prison, בֵּית שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים
׳
מ
Gen 40:3,
compare Gen 40:4
(absolute),
Gen 40:7; Gen 41:10; Gen 42:17 (absolute), + Gen 42:30 (
ᵐ5
), בֵּית מִשְׁמַרְכֶם Gen 42:19 (all
E
); guard-house in camp Lev 24:12 (
H
), Num
15:34 (
P
).
2.
guard, Jer 51:12; Neh 4:3; Neh 4:16, ׳
אַנְשֵׁי הַמּ v.Neh 4:17
guard&-post
Neh 7:3 figurative
of ׳
י setting a guard, ׳
כִּי תָשִׂים עָלַימ
Job 7:12
band of (Levitical) guards or functionaries 1Chr 26:16; Neh 12:24
(compare מִשְׁמֶרֶת); act of guarding, ׳
מִכָּלמֿ
Prov 4:23
above all guarding watch thy heart. — ׳
לְמ
Ezek 38:7 is
doubtful, Hi
Co Toy and others reserve; Krae
לְמשֵׁל.
3. plural observances, services, of temple Neh 13:14.