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Exodus 31:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8104 shall keep ושׁמרו

H1121 Wherefore the children בני

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H853 את

H7676 Sabbath השׁבת

H6213 to observe לעשׂות

H853 את

H7676 Sabbath השׁבת

H1755 throughout their generations לדרתם

H1285 covenant ברית

H5769 for a perpetual עולם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Wherefore

the

H1121 children

H3478 Israel

shall

H8104 keep

the

H7676 sabbath

H6213 observe

the

H7676 sabbath

throughout

their

H1755 generations

for

H5769 perpetual

H1285 covenant

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8104

Hebrew: שָׁמַר

Transliteration: shâmar

Pronunciation: shaw-mar'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: {beware} be {circumspect} take heed (to {self}) keep ({-er} {self}) {mark} look {narrowly} {observe} {preserve} {regard} {reserve} save ({self}) {sure} (that lay) wait ({for}) watch (-man).

Definition:

properly to hedge about (as with {thorns}) that {is} guard; generally to {protect} attend {to} etc.

1. to keep, guard, observe, give heed

a. (Qal)

1. to keep, have charge of

2. to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a

b. watch, watchman (participle)

1. to watch for, wait for

2. to watch, observe

3. to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory)

4. to keep (within bounds), restrain

5. to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow)

6. to keep, preserve, protect

7. to keep, reserve

c. (Niphal)

1. to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware

2. to keep oneself, refrain, abstain

3. to be kept, be guarded

d. (Piel) to keep, pay heed

e. (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906