מָשַׁל
Used: 17 times · Key: 4911 · BDB: מָשַׁל²
Glosses
I.will.be.equal (2); he.is.like (2); speak.a.parable (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
use a proverb tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb.denom. use proverb, speak in parables sentences of poetry tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. use a proverb, speak in parables or sentences of poetry, especially Ezek.;— Impf. יִמְשֹׁל Ez 16:44; 3 mpl. יִּמְשְׁלוּ 12:23; Imv. מְשֹׁל 17:2; 24:3; Inf. cstr. מְשֹׁל 18:3; Pt. מֹשֵׁל 16:44, pl. מֹשְׁלִים 18:2 Nu 21:27;—use a proverb: מ׳ מָשָׁל Ez 12:23; 18:3 + ב loc.; a parable c. אֶל־ 17:2 (‖ חוד), 24:3; c. עַל־ 18:2, and (מָשָׁל appar. om.) הִנֵּה כָּל־הַמּשֵׁל עָלַיִךְ יִמְשֹׁל 16:44 (but this is awkward; point הִנֵּה כֹּל הַמָּשָׁל); מֹשְׁלִים Nu 21:27 (JE). Pt. הֲלֹא מְמַשֵּׁל מְשַׁלִים הוּא Ez 20:49 is he not a maker of parables?
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מָשַׁל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם ח֥וּד חִידָ֖ה וּמְשֹׁ֣ל מָשָׁ֑ל אֶל־בֵּ֖ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Word for word: O.son of.humankind ask.a.riddle a.riddle and speak.a.parable a.parable concerning the.house of.Israel
JPS 1917: 'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,
וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃
Word for word: and he has.set.me to use.a.proverb peoples and a.spitting to.[the] face I.am
JPS 1917: He hath made me also a byword of the people; and I am become one in whose face they spit.
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