Lexicon mishmaath: an obedient band, body of subjects Original Word: מִשְׁמַ֫עַתPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: mishmaath Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mah'-ath) Short Definition: guard NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom shamaDefinitionan obedient band, body of subjects NASB Translationguard (3), subject (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ מִשְׁמַ֫עַת] noun feminine obedient band, body of subjects; — only suffix: 1 probably = body-guard, as especially bound to obedience, מִשְׁמַעְתּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 22:14 captain over thy guard (Ew BeCh Dr Bu Now), compare תּוֺ- 2 Samuel 23:23 = 1 Chronicles 11:25. 2 תָּם- Isaiah 11:14 the sons of Ammon (shall be) their subjects ("" מוֺאָב; מִשְׁלוֺחַ יָדָם; compare משמעת MI28). שׁמץ (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew שֵׁמֶץ accusation (or suspicion); Thes compare Arabic  speak rapidly (and indistinctly) (†am Frey); but dubious; rapidity seems main idea; — and שׁ =  ?).
Strong's simile Feminineal sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as a adae, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter. |
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