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Hebrew wordlink #280775

OSHB Ecc 8:5 שׁוֹמֵר (shōmēr) Strongs=8104 Lemma=‘שָׁמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[one_who]_keeps_of’ word gloss=‘Obeys_of’
Morphology=Vqrmsc PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-977

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Other uses (4) of identical word form שׁוֹמֵר (Morphology=Vqrmsc PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שׁוֹמֵר’ (Morphology=Vqrmsc PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) has 5 different glosses: ‘[one_who]_guards_of’, ‘[one_who]_keeps_of’, ‘of_the_keeper_of’, ‘the_keeper_of’, ‘the_protector_of’.

1 SAM 17:22 contextual word gloss=‘of_the_keeper_of’ word gloss=‘keeper_of’ OSHB 1 SAM 17:22 word 8

OET-LV: 22 And_ Dāvid _he _left DOM the_vessels from_with_him on the _hand _of the _keeper _of the_vessels and_he _ran the _battle_line and_he _came and_he _asked of_his _of_brothers to_welfare. (SA1_17:22)

OET-RV: 22 David left what he’d brought with a guard, and ran into the battle line. Then he caught up with his brothers and asked them how they were doing. (SA1 17:22)

2 CHR 34:22 contextual word gloss=‘the_keeper_of’ word gloss=‘keeper_of’ OSHB 2 CHR 34:22 word 14

OET-LV: 22 and_ Ḩilqiy^yāh _he/it _went and_which the_king to Ḩuldāh the_prophetess the _wife _of Shallūm the _son _of Tōqahat the _son _of Ḩaşrāh the _keeper _of the _garments and_she was_dwelling in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) in_district and_they _spoke to_her/it like_this. (CH2_34:22)

OET-RV: 22 So Hilkiyah and the others went to Yerushalem’s Second District to the prophetess Huldah (wife of Shallum, son of Tokahat, son of Hasrah who took care of the temple robes). They passed on the king’s question (CH2 34:22)

PSA 121:4 contextual word gloss=‘the_protector_of’ word gloss=‘keeps_of’ OSHB PSA 121:4 word 6

OET-LV: 4 There not he _will _slumber and_not he _will _sleep the _protector _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (PSA_121:4)

OET-RV: ⇔  4 Listen, Yisrael’s protector doesn’t doze or sleep. (PSA 121:4)

PROV 22:5 contextual word gloss=‘[one_who]_guards_of’ word gloss=‘guards_of’ OSHB PROV 22:5 word 5

OET-LV: 5 Thorns snares are_in_the_path _of a _perverse_person one _who_guards _of self _of_his he _will _be _far from_them. (PRO_22:5)

OET-RV: 5 Thorns and traps are on the perverse person’s path,
⇔ ^ but those who guard their own self-esteem keep far away from them. (PRO 22:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘שָׁמַר’’ have 10 different glosses: ‘Shomer’, ‘[is]_protecting’, ‘[one_who]_guards_of’, ‘[one_who]_keeps’, ‘[one_who]_keeps_of’, ‘[the]_watchman’, ‘[who]_keeps’, ‘of_the_keeper_of’, ‘the_keeper_of’, ‘the_protector_of’.