The meaning of “מִשְׁמַעַת”
Understanding mishmaʻath reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of מִשְׁמָע bidding, guard, obey. - audience, i.e. the royal court - also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subjec...
מִשְׁמַעַת
feminine of מִשְׁמָע bidding, guard, obey. - audience, i.e. the royal court - also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject 1) subjects, body of subjects, bodyguard, listeners, obedient ones 1a) bodyguard 1b) subjects
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel 22:14 | “Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?” Word: מִשְׁמַעַת (mishmaʻath) | |
| 2 Samuel 23:23 | “He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.” Word: מִשְׁמַעַת (mishmaʻath) | |
| 1 Chronicles 11:25 | “Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.” Word: מִשְׁמַעַת (mishmaʻath) | |
| Isaiah 11:14 | “But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.” Word: מִשְׁמַעַת (mishmaʻath) |