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מָשַׁל

ma.shal

to rule

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Strong’s H4910Verb81 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

ruler8

he will rule7

rulers6

a ruler6

rule3

is ruling3

to rule3

are ruling3

In the text

Genesis 3:16יִמְשָׁל
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Judges 8:23יִמְשֹׁל
But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
Psalm 105:21וּמֹשֵׁל
He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,
Proverbs 6:7וּמֹשֵׁל
Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
Isaiah 14:5מֹשְׁלִים
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
Jeremiah 30:21וּמֹשְׁלוֹ
Their leader will be one of their own, and their ruler will arise from their midst. And I will bring him near, and he will approach Me, for who would dare on his own to approach Me?” declares the LORD.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מָשַׁל vb. rule, have dominion, reign

Qal

1. human subj., rule, have dominion over

2. of heavenly bodies

3. of God

Hiph. cause to rule; exercise dominion

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.