Shomer rosh (שומר ראש) means bodyguard in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ
shomer rosh
noun · masculine
In English
bodyguard
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shomer rosh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שומר צמוד שתפקידו להבטיח את ביטחונו של מעסיקו.
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל-אָכִישׁ לָכֵן אַתָּה תֵדַע אֵת אֲשֶׁר-יַעֲשֶׂה עַבְדֶּךָ וַיֹּאמֶר אָכִישׁ אֶל-דָּוִד לָכֵן שֹׁמֵר לְרֹאשִׁי אֲשִׂימְךָ כָּל-הַיָּמִים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shomer rosh is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שׁוֹמֵר רֹאשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- שומר ראש
- Said
- shomer rosh
- Plural
- שׁוֹמְרֵי רֹאשׁ
- Feminine form
- שׁוֹמֶרֶת רֹאשׁ
- Inflections
- נ' שׁוֹמֶרֶת רֹאשׁ, ר' שׁוֹמְרֵי רֹאשׁ
- Gematria
- 1,047
This is how Shomer rosh is said in other languages.
- English
- bodyguard
- Arabic
- حرس خاص
- Russian
- телохранитель
- French
- garde du corps
- Spanish
- guardaespaldas
- German
- Leibwächter
These words come before and after Shomer rosh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shomer rosh.
What does Shomer rosh (שומר ראש) mean in Hebrew?
Shomer rosh (שומר ראש) means bodyguard. It is said shomer rosh, with the stress on mer.
Is Shomer rosh (שומר ראש) masculine or feminine?
The word Shomer rosh (שומר ראש) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שׁוֹמְרֵי רֹאשׁ.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שומר ראש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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