Ishmerai — the meaning of the Hebrew name יִשְׁמְרַי

יִשְׁמְרַי

Yishmᵉray · pronounced yish-mer-ah'-ee · Strong's H3461 · a man

Ishmerai means preservative.

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שָׁמַר shâmar (from, H8104) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard open in the lexicon ›

from H8104; preservative; Jishmerai, an Israelite.

1Chr 8:18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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