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STRONGS NUMBER H4931
Transliteration: mishmereth
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mer'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a guard, watch, charge, function
Meaning: a guard, watch, charge, function
Word Summary
mishmereth: a guard, watch, charge, function
Original Word: מִשְׁמֶרֶתTransliteration: mishmereth
Phonetic Spelling: (mish-mer'-reth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a guard, watch, charge, function
Meaning: a guard, watch, charge, function
Strong's Concordance
charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinance, safeguard, ward, watchFem. Of mishmar; watch, i.e. The act (custody), or (concr.) The sentry, the post; obj. Preservation, or (concr.) Safe; fig. Observance, i.e. (abstr.) Duty or (obj.) A usage or party -- charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
see HEBREW mishmar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4931. mishmereth
מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתּ78 noun feminine guard, watch, also charge, function; — ׳מ absolute 2 Samuel 20:3 +, construct 2 Kings 11:5 +; absolute מִשְׁמָ֑רֶת Exodus 16:34; suffix מִשְׁמַרְתִּי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָרוֺת 1 Chronicles 9:23 +; construct מִשְׁמְרוֺת Nehemiah 7:3; suffix רוֺתָם-2 Chronicles 7:6 +, תֵיהֶם-31:17; —
1 guard, watch: מ ׳בֵּית 2 Samuel 20:3 = house of detention, confinement; ׳מ עִמָּדִי אַתָּה 1 Samuel 22:23 i.e. protected, secure; with שָׁמַר keep the watch 2 Kings 11:5-6, 7; 1 Chronicles 12:30 (van d. H. v.12:29); = post of watch (figurative) Isaiah 21:3 ("" מִצְפֶה), Habakkuk 2:1 ("" מָצוֺר); plural = guards Nehemiah 7:3; 1 Chronicles 9:23.
2 keeping, preserving, לְמ לָכֶם ׳וְהָיָה Exodus 12:6 i.e. ye shall keep it; לְמ לָכֶם ׳הִנִּיחוּ 16:23; compare 16:32; 16:33; 16:34; Numbers 19:9 (all P).
3 charge, injunction of ׳י, with שָׁמַר, in General Deuteronomy 11:1 ( + מִצְוֺת מִשְׁמָּטִים, חֻקוֺת,), compare Genesis 26:5; 1 Kings 2:3, and (׳מ י ׳מִצְוַת) Joshua 22:3 (all RD), Malachi 3:14; of specific injunctions Leviticus 18:30; Numbers 9:19, 23.
4. a. ceremonial office or function (AV RV usually charge) of priest or Levite (P [especially Numbers], Ezekiel 40; Ezekiel 44; Ezekiel 48; Chronicles, Zechariah), mostly with שָׁמַר: ׳מ הָלֵדוּת מִשְׁכַּן Numbers 1:53, ׳מ י ׳מִשְׁכַּן 31:30, 47, ׳מ הַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ezekiel 44:15; Numbers 3:38, ׳מ מוֺעֵד אֹהֶל 18:4 compare 18:3, 1 Chronicles 23:32, ׳מ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Numbers 3:28, 32; 18:5; 1 Chronicles 23:32, ׳מ קָדָשַׁי (of Israel in General) Ezekiel 44:8, ׳מ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Numbers 18:5; Ezekiel 40:46, תְּרוּמֹתָ֑י Numbers 18:8, ׳מ הַבַּיִת Ezekiel 40:45; 44:14, ׳מ הַטָּהֳרָה Nehemiah 12:45; with Genitive (suffix) ׳שׁ ׳מ = perform the service imposed by, due to, Leviticus 8:35; 22:9; Ezekiel 44:8, 16; 48:11; Zechariah 3:7, ׳מ אֱםהֵיהֶם Nehemiah 12:45 (of Judah in General); ׳מ הָעֵדָה Numbers 3:7 a, ׳מ יִשׂ ׳בְּנֵי 3:8, 38, ׳מ גֵרְשׁוֺן בְּנֵי 3:25; compare 3:7a.,3:31, 36; 4:27-28, 31, 32; 18:3; 1 Chronicles 23:32; also, in secular sense, ׳מ שָׁאוּל בֵּית 12:30; ׳מ מַשָּׂאָם Numbers 4:31, מ ׳כְּלֵי מַשָּׂאָם 4:32 (4:27 read with ᵐ5 Di Gr Gray, etc. בְּשֵׁמוֺת for ׳במ, and perhaps מִשְׁמֶרֶת after אֵת, compare 4:32); מ ׳עֲלֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 9:27 i.e. the duty rested upon them; — 25:8; 26:12 see I. עֻמָה
c, d (p. 769 above); ׳עַלמֿ עֹמְדִים2 Chronicles 7:6 were standing according to (or in) their offices, מ עַל ׳הֱעֶמִיד appoint to their offices8:14; 35:2.
b. pl. of Levitical divisions for service Nehemiah 12:9.
II. שׁמר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew שְׁמָרִים = Biblical Hebrew, also verb denominative; שִׁמְרָא ᵑ7; meaning of √ and relation (if any) o I. ׳שׁ obscure; compare possibly Arabic be tawny, dark, in colour, Lane1425a).