שומר
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שומר¹
- /ʃumˈmar/
- /ʃumˈmar/ [ʃumˈmaːaʀ]
- /ʃumˈmar/ [ʃumˈmæːr]
- /ʃumˈmær/ Persian
- /ʃuˈmar/ West
- /ʃumˈmar/ East
- /ʃuˈmar/
- /ʃuˈmaʁ/ Modern Israeli
- /ʃoːˈmir/
- /ʃoːˈmeːr/ [ʃoːˈmeːʀ]
- /ʃøˈmer/ [ʃøːˈmeːr]
- [ʃeːˈmeːr]
- /ʃoˈmer/ Persian
- /ʃoˈmer/
- /ʃoːˈmeːr/
- /ʃojˈmejr/
- /ʃoˈmeʁ/ Modern Israeli
verb שֻׁמַּר · shumár · שימר · שִׁמֵּר · - · שומרתי
- to be preserved, to be conserved
- to be pickled
noun שׁוֹמֵר · shomér · שׁוֹמְרִים · שׁוֹמֵר־ · שׁוֹמְרֵי־
- keeper, one who keeps
- guard, protector, one who protects הִנֵּה לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.
verb שׁוֹמֵר · shomér
- masculine singular present of שָׁמַר
שומר²
- /ʃumˈmaːr/
- /ʃumˈmɔːr/ [ʃumˈmɔːʀ]
- /ʃumˈmɔr/ [ʃumˈmɔːr]
- /ʃumˈmɒr/ Persian
- /ʃumˈmar/
- /ʃuˈmar/ West
- /ʃumˈmar/ East
- /ʃuˈmɔr/
- /ʃuˈmaʁ/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From Akkadian 𒌑𒄩 (šimru, “fennel”). See Arabic شَمَر (šamar, “fennel”) for other cognates. Largely displaced the native Hebrew synonym גּוּפְנָן (gup̄nān, “fennel”).
noun שֻׁמָּר · shumár
- fennel
שומר³
- /ʃuˈmeʁ/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From Akkadian 𒋗𒈨𒊒 (Šumer).
proper noun שׁוּמֶר · shumér
-
Sumer (a historical region occupied by the earliest known ancient civilization of the ancient Near East (4th to 3rd millennia BC), located in lower Mesopotamia in modern southern Iraq)
Similar: שִׁנְעָר
In English
Talk about this word "שומר." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. שומר. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8 "שומר." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8.Cite this
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title = {שומר},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
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