Original Word: מִשְׁמַעַת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mishma`ath
Pronunciation: mish-mah'-ath
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mah'-ath)
NASB: guard, subject
Word Origin: [feminine of H4926 (מִשׁמָע - What his ears)]

1. (properly) an audience, i.e. the royal court
2. (by implication) obedience
3. (concretely) a subject

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.

Word Origin
from shama
Definition
an obedient band, body of subjects
NASB Translation
guard (3), subject (1).

[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 Be^Ch 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 = ?).

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