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

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**Who acts:** you, I, he · **What happens:** use, speak, sentence, be · **To what, where:** proverb, vb.denom, parables sentences, poetry · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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/4911.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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use a proverb

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4911:m1:1
# text = use a proverb
1	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | a proverb |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proverb=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb.denom. use proverb, speak in parables sentences of poetry

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4911:m2:1
# text = vb.denom. use proverb, speak in parables sentences of poetry
1	vb.denom	vb.denom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	parables	parable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | vb.denom |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proverb=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | parables sentences of poetry |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sentence** |  |  | poetry |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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I will be equal; he is like; speak a parable

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4911:m3:1
# text = I will be equal; he is like; speak a parable
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	parable	parable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | future | I |  |  |  |  | equal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | speak *property* | tree rules |

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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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