מָשַׁל
ma.shal
1. to represent, liken, be like
a. (Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar
b. (Hiphil) to compare
c. (Hithpael) to become like
1. to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry
a. (Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb
b. (Piel) to make a parable
1. maker of parables (participle)
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Concordance 16 verses
- Numbers 21:27 הַמֹּשְׁלִ֖ים
That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
- Job 17:6 לִמְשֹׁ֣ל
He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.
- Job 30:19 וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל
He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- Psalms 28:1 וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי
To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalms 49:12 נִמְשַׁ֖ל
But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 49:20 נִמְשַׁ֖ל
A man who has riches without understanding is like the beasts that perish.
- Psalms 143:7 וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Isaiah 14:10 נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ׃
They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
- Isaiah 46:5 וְתַמְשִׁל֖וּנִי
To whom will you liken Me or count Me equal? To whom will you compare Me, that we should be alike?
- Ezekiel 12:23 יִמְשְׁל֥וּ
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
- Ezekiel 16:44 הַמֹּשֵׁ֔ליִמְשֹׁ֖ל
Behold, all who speak in proverbs will quote this proverb about you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
- Ezekiel 17:2 וּמְשֹׁ֣ל
“Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel
- Ezekiel 18:2 מֹֽשְׁלִים֙
“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge’?
- Ezekiel 18:3 מְשֹׁ֛ל
As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, you will no longer quote this proverb in Israel.
- Ezekiel 20:49 מְמַשֵּׁ֥ל
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
- Ezekiel 24:3 וּמְשֹׁ֤ל
Now speak a parable to this rebellious house and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Put the pot on the fire; put it on and pour in the water.
