Etymology

shomer

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Today it means: A male who watches over the body of a deceased person in the ritual of shemira. Full definition →

Hebrew שומר
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromשומר“keeper”
  2. English todayshomer

From Hebrew שומר (shomer, “keeper”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.