1. watch (night division) — Feminine noun meaning 'watch', a division of the night used for military guard duty and as a measure of nighttime hours. The Israelite night was divided into three watches. Attested in Exod 14:24 and 1 Sam 11:11 (בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר 'in the morning watch'), Judg 7:19 (רֹאשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַתִּיכוֹנָה 'the beginning of the middle watch'), Ps 63:6 (בְּאַשְׁמֻרוֹת 'in the night watches' of meditation), Ps 90:4 (a thousand years like a watch in the night), Ps 119:148 (eyes anticipating the night watches), Lam 2:19 (crying out at the head of every watch). All auto-split clusters represent the same noun in singular and plural forms with various prepositions and the article. Glosses confirm: arb هزيع 'night watch', deu Nachtwache, fra veille, hin पहर, kor 야경/새벽경비, spa vigilia/guardia. 7×
AR["الـ-هَزِيع","الْهَزاَعاتِ","في-هَزيعِ-اللَّيلِ","فِي-هَزِيعِ","هَزَعَاتِ-اللَّيْلِ","وَهَجْعَةٍ"]·ben["-প্রহরে","এবং-প্রহরী","প্রহরা","প্রহরে","প্রহরের","রাতের-প্রহরে","সেই-পাহারার"]·DE["[אשמרות]","der-Nacht-wacht","der-wachen","in-der-Nacht-wacht","in-wachen-von","in-watch-von","und-ein-wachen"]·EN["and-a-watch","in-the-night-watches","in-watch-of","of-the-watches","the-night-watches","the-watch"]·FR["[אשמרות]","dans-veille","dans-veille-de","dans-veiller-de","et-veille","le-veiller","veille"]·heb["אשמורות","ב-אשמורות","ב-אשמורת","בְּ-אַשְׁמֹרֶת","ה-אשמורת","ו-אשמורה"]·HI["-रात-के-पहरों-में","और-पहर","पहर-की","पहर-में","पहरों-के"]·ID["dan-jaga","di-waktu-jaga-malam","jaga","jaga-malam","pada-waktu-jaga"]·IT["[אשמרות]","e-vigilia","il-vigilare","in-osserva-di","in-vegliare-di","vigilia"]·jav["ing-gilir-jaga-dalu","ing-jaga","jaga","jaga-dalu","lan-kados-jaga-mbengi","wonten-ing-jaga-wengi","wonten-ing-jagi"]·KO["밤-의-한-경점-이라","새벽-에","야경-들-에서","야경들-에","야경들-의","에-새벽-경비","파수의"]·PT["a-vigília","e-como-uma-vigília","na-vigília-de","nas-vigílias","vigílias","às-vigílias-da-noite"]·RU["в-стражах-ночных","в-стражу","и-как-стража","страж","стражи"]·ES["a-las-vigilias","en-la-vigilia-de-","en-vigilia-de","en-vigilias","la-guardia","las-vigilias","y-vigilia"]·SW["na-zamu-ya","usiku","wakati-wa-asubuhi","zamu","zamu-ya","zamu-ya-usiku","zamu-za-usiku"]·TR["de-nöbetin","gece-nöbetlerinde-","gece-nöbetlerini","nöbetinde","nöbetinde-","nöbetler","ve-nöbet"]·urd["اور-پہر","بَ-پَہروں","رات-کے-پہروں-سے","پہر-میں","پہروں-کے","پہرے-کے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַשְׁמוּרָה, אַשְׁמֹ֫רֶת n.f. watch (division of time);—abs. אַשְׁמוּרָה בַּלָּ֑יְלָה ψ 90:4; רֹאשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַתִּיכוֹנָה Ju 7:19; cstr. אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר Ex 14:24 (J), 1 S 11:11; pl. abs. אַשְׁמֻרוֹת La 2:19 ψ 63:7; 119:148.