אשמורת

Hebrew

אשמורת / אַשְׁמֹרֶת • (ashmóret) f

watch (time period)
- Tanach, Judges 7:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  וַיָּבֹא גִדְעוֹן וּמֵאָה־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ בִּקְצֵה הַמַּחֲנֶה רֹאשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַתִּיכוֹנָה אַךְ הָקֵם הֵקִימוּ אֶת־הַשֹּׁמְרִים וַיִּתְקְעוּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹת וְנָפוֹץ הַכַּדִּים אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדָם׃
  vayavó gid'ón ume'á 'ísh 'ashér itó bik'tsé hamakhané rósh ha'ashmóret hatikhoná ákh hakém hekímu 'et hashom'rím vayitk'ú bashofarót v'nafóts hakadím 'ashér b'yadám.
  So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outermost part of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch, when they had but newly set the watch; and they blew the horns, and broke in pieces the pitchers that were in their hands.