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# שֶׁמֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8105

**lees** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

lees [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8105/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שֶׁ֫מֶר²: n.m. pl. lees, dregs [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8105/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 25:6 only pl. lees, dregs (fig.);—abs. שְׁמָרִים Is 25:6(×2) (in both = wine matured by resting undisturbed on the lees); sf. שֹׁקֵט הוּא אֶל־שְׁמָרָיו Je 48:11 (of Moab’s undisturbed life), cf. (of careless men) הַקֹּפְאִים עַל־ שִׁמְרֵיהֶם Zp 1:12; שְׁמָרֶיהָ ψ 75:9 (of י׳’s cup of judgment).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: lees (2); dregs (1); of old wine(s) (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 25:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.25.6/#tree)

וְעָשָׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת לְכָל־הָֽעַמִּים֙ בָּהָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מִשְׁתֵּ֥ה שְׁמָנִ֖ים מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה שְׁמָרִ֑ים שְׁמָנִים֙ מְמֻ֣חָיִ֔ם שְׁמָרִ֖ים מְזֻקָּקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.make Yahweh of.hosts for all the peoples on the mountain (the) this a.feast of.fat.things a.feast of.old.wine(s) fat.things full.of.marrow old.wine(s) refined

*JPS 1917:* And in this mountain will the LORD of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

[Psalms 75:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.75.9/#tree)

כִּ֤י כ֪וֹס בְּֽיַד־יְהוָ֡ה וְיַ֤יִן חָמַ֨ר ׀ מָ֥לֵא מֶסֶךְ֮ וַיַּגֵּ֪ר מִ֫זֶּ֥ה אַךְ־שְׁ֭מָרֶיהָ יִמְצ֣וּ יִשְׁתּ֑וּ כֹּ֝֗ל רִשְׁעֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.cup \[is\].in the.hand of.Yahweh and wine it.is.foaming full spiced.drink and he.has.poured.out some of.this surely dregs its they.will.drain they.will.drink all \[the\].wicked.\[people\] of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, with foaming wine, full of mixture, and He poureth out of the same; surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8105.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8105/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).