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title: מִשְׁמַעַת — obedient band · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁמַעַת (4928), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: obedient band. BDB 1906: n.f. obedient band, body of subjects. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁמַעַת

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«מִשְׁמַעַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **obedient band** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 4928 · **BDB:** מִשְׁמַ֫עַת

### Glosses

bodyguard (3); be\].their.subjects (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

obedient band [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4928/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. obedient band, body of subjects [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4928/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. obedient band, body of subjects;—only sf.: prob. = body-guard, as especially bound to obedience, מִשְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ךָ 1 S 22:14 captain over thy guard (Ew Be Ch Dr Bu Now), cf. -תּוֹ 2 S 23:23 = 1 Ch 11:25. -תָּם Is 11:14 the sons of Ammon (shall be) their subjects (‖ מוֹאָב מִשְׁלוֹחַ יָדָם; cf. משמעת MI 28).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִשְׁמַעַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4928/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.23/)

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מִן־הַשְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים נִכְבָּ֔ד וְאֶל־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁ֖ה לֹא־בָ֑א וַיְשִׂמֵ֥הוּ דָוִ֖ד אֶל־מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* more.than the thirty \[he.was\].honored and to the three not he.came and he appointed.him David to bodyguard his

*JPS 1917:* He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.

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[1 Chronicles 11:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.25/)

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מִן־הַשְּׁלוֹשִׁ֗ים הִנּ֤וֹ נִכְבָּד֙ ה֔וּא וְאֶל־הַשְּׁלוֹשָׁ֖ה לֹא־בָ֑א וַיְשִׂימֵ֥הוּ דָוִ֖יד עַל־מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* more.than the thirty there he \[was\].honored he and to the three not he.came and he appointed.him David over bodyguard his

*JPS 1917:* Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three; and David set him over his guard.

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