H4928

מִשְׁמַ֫עַת

mish.ma.atH:N-F

guard

1) subjects, body of subjects, bodyguard, listeners, obedient ones 1a) bodyguard 1b) subjects

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[מִשְׁמַ֫עַת] noun feminine obedient band, body of subjects; — only suffix:

1. probably = body-guard, as especially bound to obedience, מִשְׁמַעְתּ֑ךָ 1Sam 22:14 captain over thy guard (Ew BeCh Dr Bu Now), compare תּוֺ- 2Sam 23:23 = 1Chr 11:25.
2. תָּם- Isa 11:14 the sons of Ammon (shall be) their subjects (|| מוֺאָב; מִשְׁלוֺחַ יָדָם; compare משמעת MI28).


4 occurrences

I Samuel (1), II Samuel (1), I Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1)