H4928 - מִשְׁמַעַת (mishmaʻath)

H4928 מִשְׁמַעַת (mishmaʻath) mish-mah'-ath

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

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.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִשְׁמַ֫עַת (mish.ma.at) — guard. 1) subjects, body of subjects, bodyguard, listeners, obedient ones 1a) bodyguard 1b) subjects

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מִשְׁמַעַת (H4928)

noun f · שׁמע

Control

subjects literally: the ones who listen; hence: = a group of people who have been forced into obedience by others

ISA 11:14

Soldiers

guard, bodyguard (both in the collective sense) = elite group of soldiers ► responsible for protecting high-ranking officials

1SA 22:14 · 2SA 23:23 · 1CH 11:25

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מִשְׁמַ֫עַת] n.f. obedient band, body of subjects prob. = body-guard, as esp. bound to obedience

the sons of Ammon (shall be) their subjects

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