38%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Biblical Hebrew [1] Scripts יִשְׁמְרַי(Ancient Hebrew) Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Hebrew form of Ishmerai. Related Names Rootsshamar + i Categories defence, protection, watchful Sources & References Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h3461, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h3461.