משל

Hebrew

Root
מ־שׁ־ל (m-š-l)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

מָשָׁל • (mashál) m (plural indefinite מְשָׁלִים) [pattern: קָטָל]

  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.

Derived terms

  • הומשל / הֻמְשַׁל (humshál, “to be compared”)

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[r] luminary for the governance of the day and the small[er] 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.

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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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