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Hebrew wordlink #271967

OSHB Prov 10:17 שׁוֹמֵר (shōmēr) Strongs=8104 Lemma=‘שָׁמַר’
contextual word gloss=‘[one_who]_keeps’ word gloss=‘heeds’
Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (3) of identical word form שׁוֹמֵר (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘שׁוֹמֵר’ (Morphology=Vqrmsa PoS=qal_verb Type=active_participle Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[is]_protecting’, ‘[one_who]_keeps’, ‘[the]_watchman’, ‘[who]_keeps’.

NEH 9:32 contextual word gloss=‘[who]_keeps’ word gloss=‘keeps’ OSHB NEH 9:32 word 7

OET-LV: 32 And_now our _god _of_Oh (the)_god (the)_great (the)_mighty and_(the)_awesome who_keeps the_covenant and _(the)_covenant_loyalty not let _it _be _small to_your_face DOM all _of the_hardship which it_has _come _upon _us to_our _of_kings to_our _of_leaders and_to_our _of_priests and_to_our _of_prophets and_to_our _of_ancestors and_to/for_all people _of_your since_the _days _of the _kings _of ʼAshshūr until the_day (the)_this. (NEH_9:32)

OET-RV: 32 “So now God, our amazing, powerful, and awesome God who keeps his agreements due to his loyal commitment, don’t just ignore all our current hardships affecting us, our kings and our leaders, our priests and our prophets, and our ancestors and all your people, from the period of the Assyrian kings until today. (NEH 9:32)

PSA 127:1 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_watchman’ word gloss=‘watchman’ OSHB PSA 127:1 word 20

OET-LV: 127 The _song _of the _ascents of_Shəlomoh/(Solomon) if YHWH not he _will _build a _house vanity they _have _toiled its _of_builders in/on/over_him/it if YHWH not he _will _watch _over a _city vanity he _has _kept _awake the_watchman. (PSA_127:1)

OET-RV: A song by Solomon while walking uphill to Yerushalem.
⇔  127 If it’s not Yahweh who builds the house, those who build it are just wasting their time.
⇔ ≈ If it’s not Yahweh who guards the city, the watchman stands guard uselessly. (PSA 127:1)

PSA 145:20 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_protecting’ word gloss=‘watches_over’ OSHB PSA 145:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 YHWH is_protecting DOM all _of those _of_who_love _him and_DOM all _of the _wicked_people he _will _destroy. (PSA_145:20)

OET-RV: 20 Yahweh protects all those who love him,
⇔ but he’ll destroy all the wicked. (PSA 145:20)

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’.