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Hebrew wordlink #344034

OSHB Eze 24:3 מָשָׁל (māshāl) Strongs=4912 Lemma=‘מָשָׁל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_parable’ word gloss=‘allegory’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute

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Other uses (6) of identical word form מָשָׁל (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מָשָׁל’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘a_byword’, ‘a_parable’, ‘a_proverb’, ‘a_saying’, ‘proverb[s]’.

1 KI 5:12 contextual word gloss=‘proverb[s]’ word gloss=‘proverbs’ OSHB 1 KI 5:12 word 4

OET-LV: 12  and_he/it _spoke three _of thousand(s) proverb[s] song _of_his and_he/it _was five and_one _thousand. (KI1_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 Yahweh gave Shelomoh wisdom just like he’d said he would, and there was peace between Hiram and Shelomoh and the two of them made a treaty with each other. (KI1 5:12)

PSA 44:15 contextual word gloss=‘a_byword’ word gloss=‘byword’ OSHB PSA 44:15 word 2

OET-LV: 15  you_have _made _us a _byword among_nations a _shaking _of head not peoples. (PSA_44:15)

OET-RV: 15 My dishonour is on my mind all day,
⇔ and my shame has overwhelmed me (PSA 44:15)

PROV 1:6 contextual word gloss=‘a_proverb’ word gloss=‘proverb’ OSHB PROV 1:6 word 2

OET-LV: 6 To_understand a _proverb and_a _parable the_words/messages _of learned _ones and_their _of_parables. (PRO_1:6)

OET-RV: 6 understanding proverbs and parables—
⇔ the words of wise people plus their challenges. (PRO 1:6)

EZE 17:2 contextual word gloss=‘a_parable’ word gloss=‘allegory’ OSHB EZE 17:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 Oh _son _of humankind ask _a _riddle a _riddle and_speak _a _parable a _parable concerning the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (EZE_17:2)

OET-RV: 2 “Humanity’s child, present a riddle and tell a parable to the Israeli people. (EZE 17:2)

MIC 2:4 contextual word gloss=‘a_saying’ word gloss=‘taunt_song’ OSHB MIC 2:4 word 5

OET-LV: 4 In _the_day (the)_that someone _will _lift _up on_you(pl) a _saying and_he _will _wail a _wailing it _is _finished he _will _say utterly _(devastate) we _are _devastated the _portion _of my _people _of_of he _changes how he _removes_it to_me to_an _apostate fields _of_our he _apportions. (MIC_2:4)

OET-RV: 4 In that day someone will sing a song against you all.
⇔ ≈ and mourn with a song of wailing,
⇔ and say, ‘We’re completely ruined.
⇔ Yahweh changes my people’s territory.
⇔ How can he remove the land from me?
⇔ He divides our fields up to give to traitors.’ ” (MIC 2:4)

HAB 2:6 contextual word gloss=‘a_saying’ word gloss=‘taunt’ OSHB HAB 2:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 Am_not these_nations of _them _of_all on/upon/above_him/it a _saying will _they _lift _up and_a _mocking _song riddles to_him/it and_will _someone _say woe _to the_one_who_increases that _which_not to_him/it until when and_one _who_makes _heavy on/upon/above_him/it pledge[s]. (HAB_2:6)

OET-RV: 6 Won’t all those peoples create a saying to ridicule the invader and a taunting song and riddles about him? They’ll say ‘It won’t end well for those who take what doesn’t belong to them. As you take more and more, it will become heavier and heavier for you.’ (HAB 2:6)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מָשָׁל’’ have 7 different glosses: ‘Mashal’, ‘a_byword’, ‘a_parable’, ‘a_proverb’, ‘a_saying’, ‘he_had_dominion’, ‘proverb[s]’.