1) place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance

1a) jail, prison, guard-house

1b) guard, guard post, act of guarding

1c) observances

Root √שׁמר: שָׁמַר vb keep watch preserve Qal keep have charge of , keep guard . captives watch for wait for hence. watch observe , keep retain . of storing up (food) keep restrain within bounds, observe celebrate , keep sabbath of other obligations observe = follow dictates of (prudence, justice, kindness, wisdom) י׳ sts.subj. keep reserve . weeks of harvest Niph be on one's guard keep oneself refrain abstain . be kept guarded . 36 Pi those paying regard to false vanities . Hithp I kept myself from . 465.

מִשְׁמָר n.[m.] place of confinement gaol prison guard watch observance . ; late.