the morning watch

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the morning watch

the morning watch

The end of the night. At dawn (the night is divided into three watches, for the purpose of determining the times of guard duty at night. The first watch is called "the head of the watches" (see Lamentations 2:19), the second watch is called "the middle watch" (Judges 7:19), and the third watch is called "the morning watch").

("And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians" – Exodus 14:24; and: "Night after night I climbed to my house’s roof.../ At the head of the watches, the dawn met me" – Shaul Tchernichovsky, Love Song to Saul, V; and: "Until the duty nurse, in the morning watch, took pity on me, and I calmed down" – Meir Ariel, Chapters from the Evaluation of a Penitent; and: "From the first watch, between shore and hill/ Suddenly the vision of war appeared" – Natan Alterman, Night of Encampment)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר

Definition (Hebrew)

סוֹף הַלַּיְלָה. בְּאַיֶּלֶת הַשַּׁחַר (הַלַּיְלָה נֶחְלָק לְשָׁלוֹשׁ מִשְׁמָרוֹת, לְצֹרֶךְ קְבִיעַת זְמַנֵּי הַשְּׁמִירָה בַּלַּיְלָה. הָאַשְׁמוּרָה רִאשׁוֹנָה נִקְרֵאת "רֹאשׁ אַשְׁמוֹרוֹת" (רְאֵה אֵיכָה ב יט), הָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַשְּׁנִיָּה נִקְרֵאת "אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַתִּיכוֹנָה" (שׁוֹפְטִים ז יט), וְהָאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַשְּׁלִישִׁית נִקְרֵאת "אַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר").

("וַיְהִי בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר וַיַּשְׁקֵף ה' אֶל מַחֲנֵה מִצְרַיִם בְּעַמּוּד אֵשׁ וְעָנָן וַיָּהָם אֵת מַחֲנֵה מִצְרַיִם"- שְׁמוֹת יָד כַּד, וְכֵן:"לַיְלָה לַיְלָה עָלִיתִי גַּג בֵּיתִי .../ לָרֹאשׁ אַשְׁמוֹרוֹת קַדְמָנִי הַצְּפִירָה"- שָׁאוּל טְשֶׁרְנִיחוֹבְסְקִי/ שִׁיר אַהֲבָה אֲשֶׁר לְשָׁאוּל, ה, וְכֵן:"עַד שֶׁהָאָחוֹת הַתּוֹרָנִית בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת הַבֹּקֶר רִחֲמָה עָלַי, וְנִרְגַּעְתִּי"- מֵאִיר אֲרִיאֵל/ פְּרָקִים מִיּוּנוֹ שֶׁל חוֹזֵר בִּתְשׁוּבָה, וְכֵן:"מִתּוֹךְ אַשְׁמֹרֶת רִאשׁוֹנָה, בֵּין חוֹף וְגֶבַע/ הָיָה נִשְׁקָף פִּתְאוֹם מַרְאֶה הַמִּלְחָמָה"- נָתָן אַלְתֶּרְמָן/ לֵיל חֲנָיָה)

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