שומר

From the root שׁ־מ־ר‎

• שֻׁמַּר:
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈmaʁ/
• שׁוֹמֵר:
  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈmeʁ/
  • (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃojˈmejr/, [ˈʃoj.mər]
  • (Iraqi Hebrew, Syrian Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈmer/
  • (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃoˈmer/, [ʃuˈmer]
  • (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃøˈmer/
  • (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃoːˈmeːr/
  • (Pre-Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʃoːˈmiru/

שומר / שֻׁמַּר • (šumár) (pu'al construction, active counterpart שימר \ שִׁמֵּר‎)

1. to be preserved, to be conserved
2. to be pickled

שׁוֹמֵר • (šomér) m (plural indefinite שׁוֹמְרִים‎, singular construct שׁוֹמֵר־, plural construct שׁוֹמְרֵי־‎) [pattern: קוֹטֵל]

1. keeper, one who keeps
2. guard, protector, one who protects
   • Psalms 121:4

     ‏הִנֵּה לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.‎‎

     hinnē lō yānūm v'lō yīšān šōmēr yiśrāʾēl.

     Behold, the guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

• שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ‎ (shomér-rósh)
• שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת‎
• שׁוֹמֵר נְגִיעָה‎
• שׁוֹמֵר מִצְווֹת‎

שׁוֹמֵר • (šomér)

1. masculine singular present of שָׁמַר‎

From Akkadian 𒌑𒄩 (šimru, “fennel”). See Arabic شَمَر‎ (šamar, “fennel”) for other cognates. Largely displaced the native Hebrew synonym גּוּפְנָן‎ (gup̄nān, “fennel”).

שומר / שֻׁמָּר • (šumár) m

1. fennel

• שָׁמִיר‎ (šāmī́r, “dill”)

From the Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumer).

שׁוּמֶר • (šumer)

1. Sumer (an ancient civilization in southern Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq)

• (Sumer): (biblical) שִׁנְעָר‎ (šinʿār)

• רושם‎