שׁמר TWOT 2415, 2416 ( ^√ of foll.; cf. NH שְׁמָרִים = B H, also vb. denom.; T שִׁמְרָא ; meaning of √ and relation (if any) to I. שׁ׳ obscure; cf. poss. Arabic سَمُرَ / سَمِرَ ( samura / samira ) be tawny, dark , in colour, Lane ^{1425 a}) .

• II . [ שֶׁ֫מֶר S 8105, 8106 TWOT 2415a GK 9069, 9070 ] n.m. Is 2 5, 6 only pl. lees, dregs ( fig. );— abs. שְׁמָרִים Is 25:6 ( ×2 ) (in both = wine matured by resting undisturbed on the lees ); sf. שֹׁקֵט הוּא אֶל־שְׁמָרָיו Je 48:11 (of Moab’s undisturbed life), cf. (of careless men) שִׁרֵיהֶם הַקֹּפְאִים עַל־ Zp 1:1 2; שְׁמָרֶיהָ ψ 75:9 (of י׳ ’s cup of judgment).

III.

II.

שׁמר TWOT 2415, 2416 ( ^√ of foll.; meaning dub. ; NH שָׁמִיר diamond , so Aramaic שָׁמִירָא ^{(also flint),} ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜ ^(šomiro); Arabic سَمُرٌ

( samurun ) = mimosa gummifera , Lane ^1425b) .

שׁמור v. III . שָׁמִיר ^.

• I . שָׁמִיר S 8068, 8069 TWOT 2416a GK 9031, 9032, 9033, 9034 n.m. Ez 3, 9 thorn(s), adamant, flint ;— abs. שׁ׳ Is 5:6 +; sf. שְׁמִירוֹ 10:1 7;— 1. coll. 3, token of waste-land, only Is, + שַׁיִת Is 5: 6; 7:23 , 24 , 25 ; 27:4 ; fig. 9:1 7; 10:17 ; קוֹץ שׁ׳ 32:13 . 2. adamant , as sharp, בְּצִפֹּרֶן … שׁ׳ כְּתוּבָה Je 17:1 ( || בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל ); as hard, fig. of prophet’s firmness Ez 3:9 ; Zc 7:12 fig. of hard heart.

√ root or stem. NH New (Late) Hebrew. BH Biblical Hebrew.

T Targum. Lane . W. Lane; usually circa., Arabic Dictionary. dub. dubious, doubtful.