1. מָשַׁל
use a proverb, speak in parables, sentences of poetry
The corpus record — Hebrew
הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים
mashal · vb. denom
use a proverb, speak in parables, sentences of poetry
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 16 · 0.52/10k
Senses
2. מָשַׁל
represent, be like
3. מָשַׁל
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Attestations
- הַ/מֹּשְׁלִ֖ים Numbers 21:27 (BHS)
- נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ Isaiah 14:10 (BHS)
- וְ/תַמְשִׁל֖וּ/נִי Isaiah 46:5 (BHS)
- יִמְשְׁל֥וּ Ezekiel 12:23 (BHS)
- הַ/מֹּשֵׁ֔ל Ezekiel 16:44 (BHS)
- יִמְשֹׁ֖ל Ezekiel 16:44 (BHS)
6 of 16 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
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Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology and lemmatization from the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) lexicon, public domain.