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Proverbs 22:18

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H5273 it is a pleasant נעים

H3588 thing if כי

H8104 thou keep תשׁמרם

H990 them within בבטנך

H3559 be fitted יכנו

H3162 thee they shall withal יחדו

H5921 in על

H8193 thy lips שׂפתיך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H5273 pleasant

thing

H3588 if

thou

H8104 keep

them

H990 within

thee

they

shall

H3162 withal

H3559 fitted

H5921 in

thy

H8193 lips

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