Keep in Hebrew is שָׁמַר (shamár).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
שָׁמַר
shamár
verb
In English
keep
/kiːp/
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for keep as a verb.
to maintain possession of
- שָׁמַרשמרshamár
This is more about the Hebrew word שָׁמַר.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁמַר
- Written without vowel points
- שמר
- Said
- shamár
- Its meanings in English
- keep, to guard, to keep, to save
These English words share a Hebrew word with keep.
These words come before and after keep in the list.
These are the questions people ask about keep in Hebrew.
How do you say keep in Hebrew?
keep in Hebrew is שָׁמַר, said shamár. Without vowel points it is written שמר.
What else does שמר mean in English?
Besides keep, שמר can mean to guard, to keep, and to save.
How is keep pronounced in English?
keep is pronounced /kiːp/.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry keep and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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