mish-mer'-reth
fem. of 4929; 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 for [04929]
And I said [0559] unto them, Let not the gates [08179] of Jerusalem [03389] be opened [06605] until the sun [08121] be hot [02527]; and while they stand by [05975], let them shut [01479] the doors [01817], and bar [0270] them: and appoint [05975] watches [04931] of the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], every one [0376] in his watch [04929], and every one [0376] to be over against his house [01004].
Also Bakbukiah [01229] and Unni [06042], their brethren [0251], were over against them in the watches [04931].
And both the singers [07891] and the porters [07778] kept [08104] the ward [04931] of their God [0430], and the ward [04931] of the purification [02893], according to the commandment [04687] of David [01732], and of Solomon [08010] his son [01121].
Thus cleansed [02891] I them from all strangers [05236], and appointed [05975] the wards [04931] of the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881], every one [0376] in his business [04399];