Etymology?:
feminine of mišmār מִשְׁמָר ‘custody’
Roots:
משׁמר
mišmeret n, f
1) guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch
1a) guard, watch, house of detention or confinement
1b) keeping, preserving
1c) charge, injunction
1d) office, function (ceremonial)
Mentioned in Genesis 26:5 Exodus 16:33, 16:34, 16:32, 16:23, 12:6 Codex Leviticus 8:35, 18:30, 22:9 Numbers 31:30, 31:47, 3:36, 4:31, 4:32, 3:7, 3:8, 3:25, 3:38, 4:28, 8:26, 18:3, 18:4, 3:32, 4:27, 17:25, 18:8, 19:9, 3:28, 3:31, 9:19, 1:53, 9:23, 18:5 Deuteronomy 11:1 Joshua 22:3 1 Samuel 22:23 2 Samuel 20:3 1 Kings 2:3 2 Kings 11:6, 11:7, 11:5 Isaiah 21:8 Ezekiel 44:15, 40:45, 40:46, 44:16, 44:14, 48:11, 44:8 Habakkuk 2:1 Zechariah 3:7 Malachi 3:14 Nehemiah 12:9, 7:3, 13:30, 12:45 1 Chronicles 9:23, 23:32, 12:30, 26:12, 9:27, 25:8 2 Chronicles 8:14, 31:17, 23:6, 13:11, 7:6, 31:16, 35:2