אַשְׁמוּרָה
ash.mu.rahwatchHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine7 occurrences5 books7 verses
Definition
or אַשׁמוּרָה; or אַשׁמֹרֶת; (feminine) from H8104; a night watch
Traditional renderings: watch.
Traditional renderings: watch.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אַשְׁמוּרָה:
- φυλακήphulakē“prison/watch: prison”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Exodus 14:24בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת · watchAt morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
- Judges 7:19הָאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת · watchGideon and the hundred men with him reached the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the changing of the guard. They blew their horns and broke the jars that were in their hands.
- 1 Samuel 11:11בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת · watchThe next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.
- Psalm 63:6בְּ֝אַשְׁמֻר֗וֹת · through the watches of the nightWhen I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
- Psalm 90:4וְאַשְׁמוּרָ֥ה · or a watchFor in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
- Psalm 119:148אַשְׁמֻר֑וֹת · the watches of nightMy eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
- Lamentations 2:19אַשְׁמֻר֔וֹת · watch of the nightArise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.