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Hosea 12:6

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Masoretic Text 1524

H859 thou ואתה

H430 to thy God באלהיך

H7725 Therefore turn תשׁוב

H2617 mercy חסד

H4941 and judgment ומשׁפט

H8104 keep שׁמר

H6960 and wait וקוה

H413 on אל

H430 thy God אלהיך

H8548 continually תמיד׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Therefore

H7725 turn

H859 thou

thy

H430 God

H8104 keep

H2617 mercy

and

H4941 judgment

and

H6960 wait

H413 on

thy

H430 God

H8548 continually

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