1) guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch

1a) guard, watch, house of detention or confinement

1b) keeping, preserving

1c) charge, injunction

1d) office, function (ceremonial)

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.

מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת n.f guard watch charge function 78. also,