משל

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Hebrew

Root
מ־שׁ־ל (m-š-l)

Etymology

Compare Arabic مِثْل (miṯl, “like”) and مِثَال (miṯāl, “example, model, allegory”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

מָשָׁל • (mashál) m (plural indefinite מְשָׁלִים)

  1. allegory, fable, morality play
    השיר הוא משל לאהבה. ― hashír hu mashál lʾahavá. ― The song is an allegory for love.
  2. 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.

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Verb

מָשַׁל • (mashál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. 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

Conjugation of מָשַׁל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first מָשַׁלְתִּי מָשַׁלְנוּ
second מָשַׁלְתָּ מָשַׁלְתְּ מְשַׁלְתֶּם1 מְשַׁלְתֶּן1
third מָשַׁל מָשְׁלָה מָשְׁלוּ
present מוֹשֵׁל מוֹשֶׁלֶת מוֹשְׁלִים מוֹשְׁלוֹת
future first אמשול / אֶמְשֹׁל נמשול / נִמְשֹׁל
second תמשול / תִּמְשֹׁל תִּמְשְׁלִי תִּמְשְׁלוּ תמשולנה / תִּמְשֹׁלְנָה2
third ימשול / יִמְשֹׁל תמשול / תִּמְשֹׁל יִמְשְׁלוּ תמשולנה / תִּמְשֹׁלְנָה2
imperative משול / מְשֹׁל מִשְׁלִי מִשְׁלוּ משולנה / מְשֹׁלְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced מָשַׁלְתֶּם and מָשַׁלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Etymology

From Hebrew משל (mashál).

Noun

משל • (moshl) n, plural משלים (mesholem)

  1. fable, allegory, metaphor
  2. example
  3. (computing) demo

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