Lexicon shemer: lees, dregs Original Word: שְׁמָרִיםPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: shemer Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-mer) Short Definition: wine NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionlees, dregs NASB Translationaged wine (2), dregs (2), spirit (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. [ שֶׁ֫מֶר] noun masculineIsaiah 25:6 only plural lees, dregs (figurative); — absolute שְׁמָרִים Isaiah 25:6 (twice in verse) (in both = wine matured by resting undisturbed on the lees); suffix שֹׁקֵט הוּא אֶלשְֿׁמָרָיו Jeremiah 48:11 (of Moab's undisturbed life), compare (of careless men) הַקֹּפְאִים עַלֿ שִׁמְרֵיהֶם Zephaniah 1:12; שְׁמָרֶיהָ Psalm 75:9 (of ׳יs cup of judgment). 1. שֶׂ֫מֶר III. שׁמר (√ of following; meaning dubious; Late Hebrew שָׁמִיר diamond, so Aramaic שָׁמִירָא (also flint),  ; Arabic  = mimosa gummifera, Lane1425b). שׁמור see 111. שָׁמִיר.
Strong's dregs, wines on the lees From shamar; something preserved, i.e. The settlings (plural only) of wine -- dregs, (wines on the) lees. see HEBREW shamar |
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