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Ezekiel 24:3
“And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָשַׁלmâshal · maw-shal'
H4911 · Hebrew
H4911 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
- Derivation
- denominative from H4912 (מָשָׁל);
- KJV renderings
- be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מְשֹׁ֤ל — verb Qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 21:27Job 30:19Psalms 28:1Psalms 49:13Psalms 49:21
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָשַׁל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.