H4912. mashal
II. מָשָׁל noun masculine[Isa 14:4] proverb, parable (of sentences constructed in parallelism, usually of Hebrew Wisdom, but occasionally of other types); — absolute ׳מ [Ezek 17:2] [20]t.; construct מְשַׁל [1Sam 24:14]; suffix מְשָׁלוֺ [Num 23:7-8]t.; plural מְשָׁלִים [Eccl 12:9] [2]t.; construct מִשְׁלֵי [Prov 1:1] [3]t.; —
1 proverbial saying, brief terse sentence of popular sagacity [1Sam 10:12]; [Ezek 12:22-23], [18:2-3], ׳מ הַקַדְמֹנִי [1Sam 24:14] proverb of the ancients.
2 by-word [Psa 44:15]; [69:12]; וְלִשְׁנִינָה לְמָשָׁל [Deut 28:37]; [1Kin 9:7]; [2Chr 7:20]; [Jer 24:9]; וּלְמָשָׁל לְאוֺת [Ezek 14:8]
3 prophetic figurative discourse: מָשָׁל נָשָׂא lift up, utter a ׳מ [Num 23:7], [18]; [24:3], [15], [20], [21], [23] (all of Balaam); [Isa 14:4]; [Micah 2:4] (|| נהי) [Hab 2:6] (|| חידה), (compare [Job 27:1]; [29:1] for same phrase under 6).
4 similitude, parable, [Ezek 17:2]; [21:5]; [24:3].
5 poem, of various kinds: the ode ([Num 21:27-30]), the 3, 000 pieces traditionally ascribed to Solomon [1Kin 5:12], didactic psalms [Psa 49:5]; [78:2].
6 sentences of ethical wisdom חֲכָמִים דִּבְרֵי collected in the שְׁלֹמֹה מִשְׁלֵי [Prov 10:1]; [25:1] ([10:1-22]:16 consisting of 376 couplets chiefly antithetical; Proverbs 25-29 chiefly couplets of an emblematic type, but also occasional tristichs, tetrastichs, pentastichs, and decastichs. To these are appended דְּבָרִים of a more mixed character as to size and content [22:7-24]:22, 23-34; [30:1-14]; [30:15-33]; [31:1-9]; [31:10-31]; the Praise of Wisdom [1:8-9] is prefixed, and an introduction to the whole [1:1-7], in which the whole contents are represented as) משׁלים [1:1], compare [1:6]. The references in [Job 13:12]; [27:1]; [29:1]; [Prov 26:7], [9]; [Eccl 12:9] are to the same type of wisdom.
מָשָׁל
原文音譯：lv'm' maw-shawl’
詞類次數：名詞（39）
原文字根：統治；相當於G3850（παραβολή）
字義溯源：格言，詩歌，諺語，俗語，比喻，喻言，笑談，話柄，箴言。出自（H4910（מָשַׁל）*=統治，轄制）
出現次數：總共（39）；民（7）；申（1）；撒上（2）；王上（2）；代下（1）；伯（3）；詩（4）；箴（6）；傳（1）；賽（1）；耶（1）；結（8）；彌（1）；哈（1）
譯字彙編：
1）他的詩歌（6）[民23:7]；[民23:18]；[民24:15]；[民24:20]；[民24:21]；[民24:23]；
2）箴言（6）[王上4:32]；[伯13:12]；[箴1:6]；[箴26:7]；[箴26:9]；[傳12:9]；
3）笑談（5）[申28:37]；[代下7:20]；[詩69:11]；[耶24:9]；[結14:8]；
4）比喻（4）[詩49:4]；[詩78:2]；[結17:2]；[結24:3]；
5）俗語（3）[撒上10:12]；[結12:23]；[結18:2]；
6）詩歌（3）[民24:3]；[彌2:4]；[哈2:6]；
7）的箴言（3）[箴1:1]；[箴10:1]；[箴25:1]；
8）他的喻言（2）[伯27:1]；[伯29:1]；
9）（那）俗語的（1）[結18:3]；
10）比喻的（1）[結20:49]；
11）（那）俗語（1）[結12:22]；
12）（那）詩歌（1）[賽14:4]；
13）話柄（1）[王上9:7]；
14）諺語（1）[撒上24:13]；
15）作了笑談（1）[詩44:14]