Strong's Lexicon

H8109

H8109 — שְׁמוּרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewshmurahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2414b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8109
Word:שְׁמוּרָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of passive participle of H8104
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:shmurah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shem-oo-raw'
Meaning:1. something guarded, i.e. an eye-lid
KJV Renderings:waking.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8855

[שְׁמֻרָה] noun feminine eye-lid (from its guarding the eye); — plural construct שְׁמֻרוֺת עֵינָ֑י Ps 77:5.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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