UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מָשָׁל · מֹשֶׁל

Sense 1: to be like, to become like

Semantic domains: Compare (002004002003)

Definition: = state in which humans are similar in shape, behavior or experience to others

Forms: vbnif-; vbhit-

Show passage in OET: JOB 30:19

OET-RV JOB 30:19

19 He throws me into the mud,
⇔ ≈ and I’ve become like dust and ashes.

OET-LV JOB 30:19

19 He_has _thrown _me to_mortar and_I _have _become _like like_dust and_ash[es].

Show passage in OET: PSA 28:1

OET-RV PSA 28:1

28 Yahweh, I call out to you for help, my rock of safety.
⇔ Don’t refuse to hear me
⇔ because if you’re silent, I’ll soon be with those who are heading down to their graves.

OET-LV PSA 28:1

28 Of_Dāvid to_you Oh_YHWH I _call _out my _rock _of_my do _not be _deaf from_me lest you _should _be _silent from_me and_I _will _be _equal with those _who_go _down _of the_pit.

Jump to OET JOB 30:19 section.

Jump to OET PSA 28:1 section.

All 6 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 30:19

PSA: OET PSA 28:1 · OET PSA 49:12 · OET PSA 49:20 · OET PSA 143:7

ISA: OET ISA 14:10

Sense 2: to compare

Semantic domains: Compare (002004002003)

Definition: = action by which humans measure the similarity or dissimilarity between different entities

Forms: vbhif-

Synonyms: דמה · שׁוה

Show passage in OET: ISA 46:5

OET-RV ISA 46:5

5 Who can you liken me to or say that I’m the same as,
⇔ ≈ or compare me to and say that we’re alike?

OET-LV ISA 46:5

5 To_whom will_you _liken _me and_will _you(pl)_make_me_equal and_will_you _compare _me so_that _we _may _be _alike.

Jump to OET ISA 46:5 section.

Sense 3: to speak in proverbs, to speak in riddles, to speak in parables, to speak in allegories

Semantic domains: Speak (002004001009008)

Definition: = action by which humans make statements to communicate something that they perceive as truth in an indirect way, such as a proverb, riddle, parable, song, or allegory; ≈ often seen as obscure and difficult to understand

Forms: vbqal-; vbpiel

Show passage in OET: NUM 21:27

OET-RV NUM 21:27

27 That was why the poets say,
⇔ “Come to Heshbon—let it be rebuilt.
⇔ ≈ Let King Sihon’s city be established

OET-LV NUM 21:27

27 Therefore yes/correct/thus/so those_who_speak _proverbs they _say come Ḩeshbōn let _it _be _rebuilt and_let _it _be _established the _city _of Şīḩōn.

Show passage in OET: JOB 17:6

OET-RV JOB 17:6

⇔  6 He’s made me into a local gossip point.
⇔ Someone to spit at in the face.

OET-LV JOB 17:6

6 And_he_has _set _me to_use _a _proverb peoples and_a _spitting to_the_face I _am.

Jump to OET NUM 21:27 section.

Jump to OET JOB 17:6 section.

All 10 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 21:27

JOB: OET JOB 17:6

EZE: OET EZE 12:23 · OET EZE 16:44 · OET EZE 17:2 · OET EZE 18:2–3 · OET EZE 20:49 · OET EZE 24:3

JOL: OET JOL 2:17

Form 2

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: מִמְשָׁל · מֶמְשָׁלָה · מֹשֶׁל

Sense 1: to rule, to have dominion

Semantic domains: Control (002003002008)

Core domains: Authority (015)

Definition: = state in which humans or deities are in a high position of authority over (other) humans or objects

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: GEN 1:18

OET-RV GEN 1:18

18 and to oversee the daytime and the nighttime, and to distinguish between the light and the darkness. And God saw that what he had done was good.

OET-LV GEN 1:18

18 And_to_rule in _the_day and_in _the_night and_to_separate between the_light and_between the_darkness and_ god _he/it _saw if/because _that it_was_good.

Show passage in OET: GEN 3:16

OET-RV GEN 3:16

16 To the woman God said,
⇔ “I’ll sharply increase your pain in childbirth.
⇔ You’ll produce children in pain.
⇔ Your desire will be for your husband
⇔ and he will rule over you.”

OET-LV GEN 3:16

16 To the_woman he _said greatly _(increase) I _will _increase your(fs)_worries/pain and_your(fs)_pregnancy in_earthen _vessel//painful _toll you _will _bear children and_near/to your(fs)_man/husband your(fs)_longing/desire and_he he _will _rule on/over_you(fs).

Jump to OET GEN 1:18 section.

Jump to OET GEN 3:16 section.

All 47 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 1:18 · OET GEN 3:16 · OET GEN 4:7 · OET GEN 24:2 · OET GEN 37:8

DEU: OET DEU 15:6

JOS: OET JOS 12:2 · OET JOS 12:5

JDG: OET JDG 8:22–23 · OET JDG 9:2 · OET JDG 14:4 · OET JDG 15:11

SA2: OET SA2 23:3

KI1: OET KI1 4:21

CH1: OET CH1 29:12

CH2: OET CH2 7:18 · OET CH2 9:26 · OET CH2 20:6

NEH: OET NEH 9:37

PSA: OET PSA 19:13 · OET PSA 22:28 · OET PSA 59:13 · OET PSA 66:7 · OET PSA 89:9 · OET PSA 103:19 · OET PSA 106:41

PRO: OET PRO 12:24 · OET PRO 17:2 · OET PRO 19:10 · OET PRO 22:7 · OET PRO 29:2

ISA: OET ISA 3:4 · OET ISA 3:12 · OET ISA 19:4 · OET ISA 28:14 · OET ISA 40:10 · OET ISA 63:19 · OET ISA 64:1

JER: OET JER 22:30 · OET JER 33:26

LAM: OET LAM 5:8

EZE: OET EZE 19:14

DAN: OET DAN 11:3–5 · OET DAN 11:43

ZEC: OET ZEC 6:13

Sense 2: to cause to rule, to give dominion

Semantic domains: Control (002003002008)

Core domains: Authority (015)

Definition: = causative action by which humans or deities put (other) humans in a high position of authority over others

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: JOB 25:2

OET-RV JOB 25:2

2 Dominion and fear belong to God.
⇔ He establishes peace in his high places.

OET-LV JOB 25:2

2 Dominion and_dread with_him/it he_is_making peace in_heights _of_his.

Show passage in OET: PSA 8:7

OET-RV PSA 8:6

6 You’ve established him as ruler over your creation—
⇔ you’ve put him in charge of everything:

OET-LV PSA 8:7

7  You_make _him _rule over_the _works _of your _two’s _hands _of_your everything you _have _put under feet _of_his.

Jump to OET JOB 25:2 section.

Jump to OET PSA 8:6 section.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

JOB: OET JOB 25:2

PSA: OET PSA 8:6

DAN: OET DAN 11:39

Sense 3: to have the right (to do something)

Semantic domains: Control (002003002008)

Core domains: Authority (015)

Definition: = state in which humans have the legal authority to perform a certain event

Forms: vbqal-

Show passage in OET: EXO 21:8

OET-RV EXO 21:8

8 If the man who bought her wanted her to become his slave-wife, but later he isn’t pleased with her behaviour, he must allow her to be bought back by her relatives. He has no authority to sell her on to outsiders, because that would break the understanding of proper treatment of her.

OET-LV EXO 21:8