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Genesis 1:18
“And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָשַׁלmâshal · maw-shal'
H4910 · Hebrew
H4910 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to rule
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (have, make to have) dominion, governor, [idiom] indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- לִ — preposition
- מְשֹׁל֙ — verb Qal, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 82 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:16Genesis 4:7Genesis 24:2Genesis 37:8Genesis 37:8
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.