מִשְׁלַחַתmishlachath

a mission, i.e. (abstractly and favorable) release, or (concretely and unfavorable) an army

Pronunciation: mish-lakh'-ath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4917

Meanings

1. discharge

2. deputation, sending

1. there is no discharge in war. (Ecclesiastes 8:8)

2. a deputation (Psalms 78:49)

Same root

מִשְׁלוֹחַmishlôwach · H4916a sending out, i.e. (abstractly) presentation (favorable), or seizure (unfavorable); also (concretely) a place of dismissal, or a business to be discharged

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Psalms 78:49 He loosed on them his fierce anger— all his fury, rage, and hostility. He dispatched against them a band of destroying angels.
Ecclesiastes 8:8 None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue the wicked.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).