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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מָשָׁל

מָשָׁל

H4912

Transliteration: mâshâl

Pronunciation: maw-shawl'

Definition: byword


Original: משׁל

Transliteration: mâshâl

Phonetic: maw-shawl'

BDB Definition:

  1. proverb, parable
    1. proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism
    2. byword
    3. similitude, parable
    4. poem
    5. sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims

Origin: apparently from H4910" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action

TWOT entry: 1258a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine


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