{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H8104",
  "lemma": "שָׁמַר",
  "transliteration": "shâmar",
  "definition": "properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.",
  "kjv": "beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly…",
  "occurrences": 469,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "שָׁמַר 465 vb. keep, watch, preserve",
    "Qal 425",
    "a. keep, have charge of",
    "b. keep, guard, captives",
    "c. hence, watch for, wait for",
    "d. watch, observe",
    "a. keep, retain, of storing up (food)",
    "b. keep within bounds, restrain",
    "a. observe, celebrate",
    "b. keep sabbath",
    "c. of other obligations",
    "d. observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom)",
    "4. sts. י׳ subj.",
    "5. keep, reserve, weeks of harvest",
    "Niph. 36",
    "1. be on one's guard",
    "2. keep oneself, refrain, abstain",
    "3. be kept, guarded",
    "Pi. those paying regard to false vanities",
    "Hithp. I kept myself from"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:15",
      "text": "The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:24",
      "text": "So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:9",
      "text": "The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:9",
      "text": "God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 17:10",
      "text": "This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/17?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:19",
      "text": "For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:6",
      "text": "Abraham said to him, “Beware that you don’t bring my son there again.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:5",
      "text": "because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 28:15",
      "text": "Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 28:20",
      "text": "Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/28?v=20"
    }
  ],
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