Word Study · Strong's H4928 · Hebrew
מִשְׁמַעַת
mishmaath
mish-mah'-ath
Strong's 1890 spelling: mishmaʻath
“audience, i.e. the royal court”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
audience, i.e. the royal court; also obedience, i.e. (concretely) a subject
Rendered in the KJV as
bidding, guard, obey.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ ס2
- מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֖ךָ1
- מִשְׁמַעְתָּֽם׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- bodyguard his2
- [will be] subjects their1
- bodyguard your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
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- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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