אַשְׁמוּרָה
ash.mu.rah (H0821)
watch
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# Analysis of אַשְׁמוּרָה (ashmurāh) The Hebrew word אַשְׁמוּרָה carries the basic meaning of "watch" and appears seven times throughout the biblical text. This relatively rare term refers to a designated time period or station of vigilance, functioning as a noun that denotes either the act of watching itself or a specific watch-period during which surveillance or guard duty occurs. The limited frequency of its occurrence suggests it was used in specific contexts where the concept of watchfulness or guarding needed particular emphasis. Given its narrow distribution across only seven biblical passages, this term likely held specialized significance in ancient Hebrew usage, possibly related to military or protective contexts. The word's existence alongside other Hebrew terms for watching and guarding indicates that biblical authors distinguished between different nuances of vigilance and protective duty. Without access to the specific passages where it appears, the precise contexts and applications cannot be detailed here, but the consistent translation as "watch" indicates a semantic field centered on observation, guardianship, or temporal periods of protective duty.
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In the morning watch, Yahweh looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch. Then they blew the trumpets and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.
On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
My eyes stay open through the night watches, that I might meditate on your word.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.