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Ecclesiastes 8:5

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Masoretic Text 1524

H8104 Whoso keepeth שׁומר

H4687 the commandment מצוה

H3808 no לא

H3045 shall feel ידע

H1697 thing דבר

H7451 evil רע

H6256 both time ועת

H4941 and judgment ומשׁפט

H3045 discerneth ידע

H3820 and a wise man's heart לב

H2450 חכם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4941 judgment

and

H6256 time

both

H3045 discerneth

H3820 heart

man's

wise

and

H1697 thing

H7451 evil

H3808 no

H3045 feel

shall

H4687 commandment

the

H8104 keepeth

Whoso

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