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שמור

shmor

Phonetics · shmor

Hold/save (a seat, a spot) for me.

Register: casualPart of speech: verb (imperative)Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Root ש.מ.ר ("keep, guard")

"Save it for me" — shmor li makom: hold my seat. The imperative as a social claim.

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