Shomer shabat (שומר שבת) means Sabbath-keeper in Hebrew.
It can also mean Sabbatarian. It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת
shomer shabat
adjective
In English
Sabbath-keeper, Sabbatarian
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shomer shabat.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מי שבעיניו השבת היא יום קדוש, ועל־כן מקפיד שלא לעשות בה כל מלאכה.
The word Shomer shabat is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- שׁוֹמֵר שַׁבָּת
- Written without vowel points
- שומר שבת
- Said
- shomer shabat
- Plural
- שׁוֹמְרֵי שַׁבָּת
- Feminine form
- שׁוֹמֶרֶת שַׁבָּת
- Inflections
- נ' שׁוֹמֶרֶת שַׁבָּת, ר' שׁוֹמְרֵי שַׁבָּת
- Gematria
- 1,248
This is how Shomer shabat is said in other languages.
- English
- Sabbath-keeper, Sabbatarian
- Russian
- субботник
- French
- sabbataire, sabbatiste
These words come before and after Shomer shabat in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shomer shabat.
What does Shomer shabat (שומר שבת) mean in Hebrew?
Shomer shabat (שומר שבת) means Sabbath-keeper and Sabbatarian. It is said shomer shabat, with the stress on mer.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שומר שבת of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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