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Hebrew wordlink #66535

OSHB Num 8:26 מִשְׁמֶרֶת (mishmeret) Strongs=4931 Lemma=‘מִשְׁמֶרֶת’
contextual word gloss=‘a_duty’ word gloss=‘responsibilities’
Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1490

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Other uses (4) of identical word form מִשְׁמֶרֶת (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מִשְׁמֶרֶת’ (Morphology=Ncfsa PoS=common_noun Gender=feminine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[are]_in_good_care’, ‘a_duty’, ‘confinement’, ‘duty’.

1 SAM 22:23 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_in_good_care’ word gloss=‘safe’ OSHB 1 SAM 22:23 word 14

OET-LV: 23 Remain with_me do _not be _afraid if/because the_one_who he _seeks DOM life _of_my he _seeks DOM life _of_your if/because are_in _good _care you with_me. (SA1_22:23)

OET-RV: 23 Stick with me—don’t be afraid, because the one who wants to kill me would kill you as well. You’ll be safe with me.” (SA1 22:23)

2 SAM 20:3 contextual word gloss=‘confinement’ word gloss=‘guard’ OSHB 2 SAM 20:3 word 18

OET-LV: 3 And_ Dāvid _he _came to house _of_his Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_he/it _took the_king DOM the_ten women concubines whom he _had _left to_guard/protect the_house and_he_put _them a _house _of confinement and_he_sustained _them and_into_them not he _went and_they _were locked _up until the _day _of they_died widowhood _of living. (SA2_20:3)

OET-RV: 3 When David got back to his Yerushalem palace, the ten slave-wives that he’d left behind to guard the palace, he moved them into a separate house. That place was guarded and he provided for them, but he didn’t sleep with them—thus they were locked up until they died living as widows. (SA2 20:3)

1 CHR 9:27 contextual word gloss=‘a_duty’ word gloss=‘duty_of_watching’ OSHB 1 CHR 9:27 word 7

OET-LV: 27 And_around _of the _house _of the_ʼElohīm they _spent _the _night if/because was_on_them a _duty and_they were_over the_key and_to_morning to_morning. (CH1_9:27)

OET-RV: 27 They would spend the night around the temple while they were in charge, and would open it with the key each morning. (CH1 9:27)

1 CHR 25:8 contextual word gloss=‘duty’ word gloss=‘duties’ OSHB 1 CHR 25:8 word 3

OET-LV: 8 And_they _throw lots duty correspondingly as_small as_great teacher with pupil. (CH1_25:8)

OET-RV: 8 They used lots to determine their duties, whether young or old, and irrespective of their musical abilities. (CH1 25:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מִשְׁמֶרֶת’’ have 13 different glosses: ‘(of)_the_charge_of’, ‘(of)_the_service_of’, ‘(of)_the_watch_of’, ‘[are]_in_good_care’, ‘[is]_the_duty_of’, ‘a_duty’, ‘confinement’, ‘duty’, ‘of_the_duty_of’, ‘the_charge_of’, ‘the_duty_of’, ‘the_service_of’, ‘the_watch_of’.