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Hebrew
Etymology
Compare Arabic مِثْل (miṯl, “like”) and مِثَال (miṯāl, “example, model, allegory”).
Pronunciation
Noun
מָשָׁל • (mashál) m (plural indefinite מְשָׁלִים)
- allegory, morality play, fable
- השיר הוא משל לאהבה. ― hashír hu mashál lʾahavá. ― The song is an allegory for love.
- example
- האירוע הוא משל למה שעלול לקרות. ― haʾerúaʿ hu mashál l'má sheʿalul likrot. ― The event is an example for what is liable to happen.
Derived terms
Verb
מָשַׁל • (mashál) (pa'al construction)
- To rule, to reign, to govern.
Tanach, Genesis 1:16-18:וַיַּעַשׂ אֱלֹהִים אֶת שְׁנֵי הַמְּאֹרֹת הַגְּדֹלִים אֶת הַמָּאוֹר הַגָּדֹל לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַיּוֹם וְאֶת הַמָּאוֹר הַקָּטֹן לְמֶמְשֶׁלֶת הַלַּיְלָה וְאֵת הַכּוֹכָבִים: וַיִּתֵּן אֹתָם אֱלֹהִים בִּרְקִיעַ הַשָּׁמָיִם לְהָאִיר עַל הָאָרֶץ: וְלִמְשֹׁל בַּיּוֹם וּבַלַּיְלָה וּלֲהַבְדִּיל בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחשֶׁךְ וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים כִּי טוֹב:- And G-d made the two great luminaries: the large luminary for the governance of the day and the small luminary for the governance of the night, and the stars. And G-d gave them into the expanse of the skies, to put light upon the land; and to govern the day and the night, and to distinguish between the light and the dark; and G-d saw that this was good.
Conjugation
References
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Yiddish
Etymology
From Hebrew משל (mashál).
Noun
משל • (moshl) n, plural משלים (mesholem)
- fable, allegory, metaphor
- example
- (computing) demo