מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙ — Nehemiah 7:3 Hebrew Word Study

מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙

𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤅𐤕

mishemerot

watches of

feminine of מִשְׁמָר; watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concretely) the sentry, the post; objectively preservation, or (concretely) safe; figuratively observance, i.e. (abstractly) duty or (objectively) a usage or party; charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.

H4931

Nehemiah 7:3 · Word #18

Lexicon `H4931`

Lemma	מִשְׁמֶרֶת
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤌𐤔𐤌𐤓𐤕
Transliteration	mishmereth
Strong's	H4931
In-context	watches of

Morphology `HNcfpc` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`N` — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype	`c` — Common — Common noun
Gender	`f` — Feminine — Feminine
Number	`p` — Plural — Plural
State	`c` — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 `H4931-12`

guard-duties of

Root	שׁמר (sh-m-r)
Core Meanings	to guard, keep, watch, observe, preserve, attend carefully
Semantic Range	watches, guard-shifts, custodial duties, observances, charges, offices, periods of watch, responsibilities entrusted for keeping
Conceptual Significance	This term often refers to appointed responsibilities in cultic or communal settings, especially Levitical or priestly service. It conveys the covenantal idea of vigilant obedience and faithful stewardship—actively guarding what has been entrusted by יהוה.
Morphological Notes	Noun, common feminine plural, construct state (HNcfpc). From מִשְׁמֶרֶת, a feminine noun formed from the root שׁמר with a nominal pattern indicating duty, charge, or watch.
Rendering Rationale	The noun derives from the root שׁמר (to guard, keep, watch), and in this feminine plural construct form it denotes multiple acts or assignments of guarding or keeping. "Guard-duties of" preserves the root sense of active watchfulness and reflects the feminine plural construct morphology, indicating "duties of" something that follows.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שׁמר (to guard, keep, watch, observe, preserve, attend carefully)

SILEX Code	Transliteration	SIBI-P1
`H821-01`	ashemurot	night guard-watches
`H821-02`	beashemoret	in the guarding-watch of
`H821-03`	beashemurot	in the guarding-watches
`H4929-02`	bemishemar	in a guarding-watch
`H4931-01`	bemishemeret	in a guarding-charge
`H4931-02`	bemishemerotam	in their guard-duties
`H8115-01`	beshamerayin	in Watch-Place (Shomrayin)
`H8111-01`	beshomeron	in Watch-Station (Shomeron)
`H8104-03`	eshemar	I will guard
`H8104-04`	eshemerah	Let me guard
`H8104-05`	eshemor	I will guard
`H8104-06`	eshemorah	Let me keep watch
`H821-04`	haashemoret	the guarding-watch
`H8104-07`	hashomer	the guarding one
`H8104-08`	hashomerim	the guarding men
`H8118-01`	hashomeronim	the Watch-mountainites
`H8104-09`	hatishemor	Will you guard?
`H8104-10`	hishamer	Guard yourself!
`H8104-11`	hishameri	Guard yourself!
`H8104-12`	hishameru	Guard yourselves
`H8068-01`	keshamir	like a pricking-thorn
`H8104-13`	keshomerey	like guardians of
`H4929-05`	lemishemar	for a guarding-charge
`H4931-04`	lemishemaret	for a guarding-duty
`H4931-06`	lemishemeret	for a guarding-charge
`H8110-01`	leshimeron	to Shimron (Place of Guarding)
`H8104-16`	leshomerey	to the guarding-ones of
`H8104-18`	lishemor	to guard / to watch over
`H8112-01`	meron	Guard-of-Lashing
`H8104-19`	meshamerim	the men who are guarding
`H4931-07`	mishemaretekha	your keeping-charge
`H4931-09`	mishemareto	his guarding-charge
`H4931-10`	mishemarot	guard-keepings
`H8104-20`	mishomerey	from the guardians of
`H8104-24`	nishemeru	they were guarded
`H8104-25`	nishemor	we will guard
`H8104-26`	shamar	he guarded
`H8104-28`	shamareta	you guarded
`H8104-29`	shamareti	I have guarded
`H8104-31`	shamerah	a guarding-watch
`H8108-01`	shamerah	a keeping-watch
`H8069-02`	shamir	thorn-brier (masculine singular)
`H8104-36`	shamur	a guarded one
`H8104-37`	shemar	Guard!
`H8104-38`	shemarah	he guarded her
`H8104-39`	shemaretem	you men have carefully guarded
`H8114-01`	shemareyah	Yah has guarded
`H8105-02`	shemareyha	her preservings (wine-settlings)
`H8105-03`	shemarim	preserved settlings
`H8105-04`	shimereyhem	their preserved-settlings
`H8113-01`	shimeri	Watchful-One
`H8116-01`	shimerit	Guardess
`H8112-02`	shimeron	Shimron (Guard-Place)
`H8104-41`	shimeru	Guard, you men!
`H8104-43`	shomer	a guarding one
`H7763-01`	shomer	the guarding one
`H8104-44`	shomerah	Guard her!
`H8104-45`	shomerekha	your guardian-keeper
`H8104-46`	shomerey	guarding-men of
`H8104-47`	shomerim	guarding men
`H8104-48`	tishamer	she shall be guarded
`H8104-51`	tishemerem	you (masculine singular) will hedge-guard them
`H8104-52`	tishemereni	you will guard me
`H8104-54`	tishemerun	you (masculine plural) will guard
`H8104-58`	uleshamerah	and to hedge-guard her
`H8104-60`	umishameru	and from his guarding
`H4931-15`	umishemeret	and the guarding-charge of
`H8111-06`	umishomeron	and from Watch-Station (Shomeron)
`H8104-61`	ushemarani	and he will hedge-guard me
`H8104-62`	ushemaretani	and you guarded me
`H8104-63`	ushemaretem	and you (plural) shall guard
`H8104-64`	ushemaretikha	and I will hedge-guard you
`H8104-65`	ushemaro	and he guarded him
`H8068-04`	ushemiro	and his pricking-thorn
`H8104-68`	vaeshemerah	and I guarded
`H8104-69`	vaeshetamer	and I hedged myself about in guard
`H8104-70`	vaeshetamerah	and I guarded myself
`H8104-72`	vatishemeru	and you guarded
`H8104-73`	vayishemerenu	and he guarded us
`H8104-74`	vayishemeru	and they guarded
`H8104-75`	vayishemor	and he guarded
`H821-05`	veashemurah	and a guarding-watch
`H8104-76`	veeshemerah	and I will guard
`H8104-80`	venishemareta	and you must keep yourself guarded
`H8104-81`	venishemaretem	and you yourselves kept yourselves guarded
`H8104-84`	veshamaru	and they guarded
`H8119-01`	veshimerat	and Shimrath (Guarding-One, feminine)
`H8104-86`	veshimeru	and you (plural) shall guard closely
`H8104-87`	veshomer	and a guarding one
`H8104-88`	veshomerey	and guarding-ones of
`H8111-07`	veshomeron	in Watch-Station
`H8104-90`	vetishemor	and you shall guard
`H8104-91`	veyishemar	and he will guard
`H3461-01`	veyishemeray	and He-keeps-me
`H8104-93`	veyishemeru	and let them carefully guard
`H8104-94`	veyishetamer	and he will guard himself
`H8104-96`	yishemarekha	he will hedge-guard you (masculine)
`H8104-98`	yishemereni	he will guard me
`H8104-101`	yishemor	he will guard

Word Usage (78 occurrences of H4931)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 26:5	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔/י	mishemareti	my charge
Exodus 12:6	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת	lemishemeret	for safekeeping
Exodus 16:23	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	lemishemeret	for keeping
Exodus 16:32	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	lemishemeret	for keeping
Exodus 16:33	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	lemishemeret	to be kept
Exodus 16:34	לְ/מִשְׁמָֽרֶת	lemishemaret	for-keeping
Leviticus 8:35	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	the charge
Leviticus 18:30	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗/י	mishemareti	charge
Leviticus 22:9	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֗/י	mishemareti	My charge
Numbers 1:53	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	the guard
Numbers 3:7	מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗/וֹ	mishemareto	his charge
Numbers 3:7	מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙	mishemeret	the charge
Numbers 3:8	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 3:25	וּ/מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת	umishemeret	and the charge
Numbers 3:28	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 3:31	וּ/מִשְׁמַרְתָּ֗/ם	umishemaretam	and their charge
Numbers 3:32	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	of the charge
Numbers 3:36	מִשְׁמֶרֶת֮	mishemeret	of the duty
Numbers 3:38	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 3:38	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	lemishemeret	for-the-charge
Numbers 4:27	בְּ/מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת	bemishemeret	in charge
Numbers 4:28	וּ/מִ֨שְׁמַרְתָּ֔/ם	umishemaretam	and their duties
Numbers 4:31	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 4:32	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 8:26	מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת	mishemeret	the guard
Numbers 8:26	בְּ/מִשְׁמְרֹתָֽ/ם	bemishemerotam	in their duties
Numbers 9:19	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 9:23	מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 17:25	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	lemishemeret	for a keeping
Numbers 18:3	מִֽשְׁמַרְתְּ/ךָ֔	mishemaretekha	over your charge
Numbers 18:3	וּ/מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	umishemeret	and the charge
Numbers 18:4	מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 18:5	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 18:5	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret-2	charge
Numbers 18:8	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 19:9	לְ/מִשְׁמֶ֛רֶת	lemishemeret	for-keeping
Numbers 31:30	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Numbers 31:47	מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙	mishemeret	of the charge
Deuteronomy 11:1	מִשְׁמַרְתּ֗/וֹ	mishemareto	his-charge
Joshua 22:3	מִשְׁמֶ֕רֶת	mishemeret	the charge
1 Samuel 22:23	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	safeguard
2 Samuel 20:3	מִשְׁמֶ֨רֶת֙	mishemeret	of guard
1 Kings 2:3	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	charge
2 Kings 11:5	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	the watch
2 Kings 11:6	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	the-watch
2 Kings 11:7	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	the watch
Isaiah 21:8	מִ֨שְׁמַרְתִּ֔/י	mishemareti	my post
Ezekiel 40:45	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	the charge
Ezekiel 40:46	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	the-charge
Ezekiel 44:8	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Ezekiel 44:8	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֛/י	mishemareti	my charge
Ezekiel 44:14	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	the charge
Ezekiel 44:15	מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת	mishemeret	charge
Ezekiel 44:16	מִשְׁמַרְתִּֽ/י	mishemareti	my charge
Ezekiel 48:11	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֑/י	mishemareti	my charge
Habakkuk 2:1	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣/י	mishemareti	my guard post
Zechariah 3:7	מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֣/י	mishemareti	my charge
Malachi 3:14	מִשְׁמַרְתּ֔/וֹ	mishemareto	His charge
Nehemiah 7:3	מִשְׁמְרוֹת֙	mishemerot	watches of
Nehemiah 12:9	לְ/מִשְׁמָרֽוֹת	lemishemarot	in the services
Nehemiah 12:45	מִשְׁמֶ֤רֶת	mishemeret	the charge
Nehemiah 12:45	וּ/מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	umishemeret	and the charge
Nehemiah 13:30	מִשְׁמָר֛וֹת	mishemarot	watches/duties
1 Chronicles 9:23	לְ/מִשְׁמָרֽוֹת	lemishemarot	as guards
1 Chronicles 9:27	מִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת	mishemeret	the guard duty
1 Chronicles 12:30	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	guard
1 Chronicles 23:32	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret	charge
1 Chronicles 23:32	מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת	mishemeret-2	charge
1 Chronicles 23:32	וּ/מִשְׁמֶ֕רֶת	umishemeret	and charge
1 Chronicles 25:8	מִשְׁמֶ֗רֶת	mishemeret	for their duties
1 Chronicles 26:12	מִשְׁמָר֖וֹת	mishemarot	duties
2 Chronicles 7:6	מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֣/ם	mishemerotam	their watches
2 Chronicles 8:14	מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָ/ם	mishemerotam	their watches
2 Chronicles 13:11	מִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת	mishemeret	charge
2 Chronicles 23:6	מִשְׁמֶ֥רֶת	mishemeret	the watch
2 Chronicles 31:16	בְּ/מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֖/ם	bemishemerotam	in their watches
2 Chronicles 31:17	בְּ/מִשְׁמְרוֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם	bemishemeroteyhem	in their watches
2 Chronicles 35:2	מִשְׁמְרוֹתָ֑/ם	mishemerotam	their divisions

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Lexicon H4931

Morphology HNcfpc All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H4931-12

Words from Root שׁמר (to guard, keep, watch, observe, preserve, attend carefully)

Word Usage (78 occurrences of H4931)

Lexicon `H4931`

Morphology `HNcfpc` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H4931-12`