About Samarra

Today, a teacher of mine brought in an excerpt from an Arabic lexicon, about the word "samarra", to help clarify the Hebrew passage "leil shemurim", night of watching, which can be found in chapter 12 of Exodus. I wrote down the different definitions of the word, and sample sentences, and expanded on them to make them into a poem. I tried to use every definition and sample sentence. I am letting the work simmer, but suspect I may return to it at a certain point, and free it from the rigidities of my self-imposed assignment (ie the need to try to use every definition/sample sentence.)

For the Biblical text: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0212.htm

See verse 42.