אַשְׁמֻרָהʼashmurâh
watch, (division of time) (Psalms 90:4; Judges 7:19; Exodus 14:24; 1 Samuel 11:11; Lamentations 19:19)
Pronunciation: ash-moo-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H821
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 14:24 But just before dawn the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw their forces into total confusion.
- Judges 7:19 It was just after midnight, after the changing of the guard, when Gideon and the 100 men with him reached the edge of the Midianite camp. Suddenly, they blew the rams’ horns and broke their clay jars.
- 1 Samuel 11:11 But before dawn the next morning, Saul arrived, having divided his army into three detachments. He launched a surprise attack against the Ammonites and slaughtered them the whole morning. The remnant of their army was so badly scattered that no two of them were left together.
- Psalms 63:6 I lie awake thinking of you, meditating on you through the night.
- Psalms 90:4 For you, a thousand years are as a passing day, as brief as a few night hours.
- Psalms 119:148 I stay awake through the night, thinking about your promise.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).