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title: מָשַׁל — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «מָשַׁל» in the Tanakh dictionary: rule. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# מָשַׁל

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**Who acts:** vb rule, he · **What happens:** have, rule · **To what, where:** dominion, ruler

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«מָשַׁל‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [מָשַׁל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4910.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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rule

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4910:m1:1
# text = rule
1	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb. rule, have dominion, reign

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4910:m2:1
# text = vb. rule, have dominion, reign
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	dominion	dominion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	reign	reign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | vb rule | dominion and reign |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he will rule; ruler; a ruler

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4910:m3:1
# text = he will rule; ruler; a ruler
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	rule	rule	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | future | he | ruler |  |  |  | a ruler *obl:unmarked* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ruler=Theme |

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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