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מָשָׁל (masal)

מָשָׁל (masal) (Hebrew Lexicon • H4912 • proverb, parable, pithy discourse): proverb, parable, pithy discourse. Proverb, riddle, comparison, poetic aphorism; core literary genre of Old Testament wisdom condensing life principles into memorable parallelisms.

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מָשָׁל
masal (māšāl) [maw-SHAWL]
H4912 Hebrew noun masculine 39x
proverb, parable, pithy discourse

Proverb, riddle, comparison, poetic aphorism; core literary genre of Old Testament wisdom condensing life principles into memorable parallelisms.

Derivation: From מָשַׁל (H4911) to be like, compare.

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