Mishma in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Mishma, mish'-må (Heb.)-- a hearing; hearkening; report; rumor; fame; call; declaration; summon; answering; obeying. a One of Ishmael's twelve sons (Gen. 25:14). b A descendant of Simeon (I Chron. 4:25). Meta. A receptive, attentive, obedient attitude (hearing, obeying) in bath the inner and the outer consciousness of the individual (Mishma, a descendant of Simeon, refers to the religious and spiritual realm of mind in man, while the other Mishma, a son of Ishmael, refers to the outer or sense consciousness); also the result of this attitude of mind, a result that is the receiving and expressing of a message, a revelation, a truth (report, rumor, fame, declaration).