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STRONGS NUMBER H4910
Transliteration: mashal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-shal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rule, have dominion, reign
Meaning: to rule, have dominion, reign
Word Summary
mashal: to rule, have dominion, reign
Original Word: מָשַׁלTransliteration: mashal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-shal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to rule, have dominion, reign
Meaning: to rule, have dominion, reign
Strong's Concordance
to have dominion, reign, bear, cause to, have ruling have powerA primitive root; to rule -- (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4910. mashal
III. מָשַׁל verb rule, have dominion, reign (Late Hebrew Participle id.; Phoenician משל); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular וּמָשַׁל consecutive Zechariah 6:13 2t., מָשָׁ֑ל Daniel 11:4, וּמָשָׁ֑ל consecutive 11:5; 3feminine singular מָשָׁ֑לָה Psalm 103:19; 2masculine singular מָשַׁלְתָּ Isaiah 63:19, וּמָשַׁלְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 15:16; 3plural מָֽשְׁלוּ Isaiah 3:5; Lamentations 5:8; Imperfect3masculine singular יִמְשֹׁל Exodus 21:8 3t., יִמְשׁוֺל Proverbs 22:7; יִמְשָׁלֿ Genesis 3:16, etc.; Imperative מְשָׁלֿ Judges 8:22; Infinitive absolute מָשֹׁול Genesis 37:8; construct מְשֹׁל Judges 9:2 +, לִמְשָׁלֿ Joel 2:17, etc.; Participle Genesis 45:26 +, etc.; —
1 human subject,rule, have dominion over (בְּ) Genesis 3:16; 4:7; 24:2 (all J), 45:8, 26 (E), ב תִּמְשֹׁל ׳מָשׁוֺל 37:8 (E); Deuteronomy 15:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 12:5 (D); Judges 8:22-23, (twice in verse); 9:2 (twice in verse); 14:4; 15:11; 2 Samuel 23:3 (Participle absolute = when one ruleth, compare Dr), 1 Kings 5:1; 2 Chronicles 7:18; 9:26; 23:20; Isaiah 3:4, 12; 19:4; Micah 5:2; Habakkuk 1:14; Jeremiah 22:30; Lamentations 5:8; Joel 2:17; Proverbs 16:32 (בְּרוּחוֺ משֵׁל), 17:21; 9:10; 22:7; Psalm 19:14; 105:21; 106:41; Daniel 11:43; Ecclesiastes 9:17; rarely other prepositions: ל (c. infinitive) Exodus 21:8 (E); עַלֿ Proverbs 28:15; Nehemiah 9:37, אֶלֿ Jeremiah 33:26; with suffix Isaiah 52:5; Jeremiah 30:21; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ׳מ רָ֑ב מִמְשָׁל Daniel 11:3-4, וְעַד ֗֗֗ מִן מָשַׁל Joshua 12:2 (D); absolute 2 Samuel 23:3 (compare Dr), Ezekiel 19:14; Zechariah 6:13 (עַל location), Proverbs 12:24; 29:2; Daniel 11:5; especially Participle as substantive = ruler, משֵׁלאֶֿרֶץ Isaiah 16:1, עַמִּים משֵׁל Psalm 105:20; absolute Isaiah 14:5; 49:7; Jeremiah 51:46 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 19:11; Proverbs 6:7; 23:1; 29:12, 26; Ecclesiastes 10:4; הַזֶה הָעָם משְׁלֵי Isaiah 28:14.
2 of heavenly bodies, with בְּ Genesis 1:18.
3 of God, with בְּ Judges 8:23; Isaiah 63:19; Psalm 22:29; 59:14; 89:10; 103:19; 1 Chronicles 29:12; 2 Chronicles 20:6; absolute Psalm 66:7; מ ׳זּזְרֹעוֺ לוֺ Isaiah 40:10 his arm ruling for him.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular suffix consecutive וְהִמְשִׁילָם Daniel 11:39; Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ Psalm 8:7; Infinitive absolute הַמְשֵׁל Job 25:2; — cause to rule,, followed by accusative of person + בְּ Psalm 8:7 (subject ׳י), Daniel 11:39; exercise dominion, only infinitive absolute as noun abstract the exercise of dominion Job 25:2 (attribute of God).