שִׁמֻּר
shimur · vigil
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8107 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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shimur (שִׁמֻּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “vigil”.
A night of keeping watch. It occurs only in Exodus 12:42.
How to say it
shi·mur
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A night of staying awake on guard, to remember.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 12:42
It was a night of watching for YHWH, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; this night is for YHWH a night of watching for all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.
And 1 more times.