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title: מִמְשָׁל — dominion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִמְשָׁל (4474), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: dominion. BDB 1906: dominion, ruler. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִמְשָׁל

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«מִמְשָׁל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dominion** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4474 · **BDB:** מִמְשָׁל²

### Glosses

\[will.be\].a.dominion (1); dominion (1); rulers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dominion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4474/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dominion, ruler [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4474/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dominion, ruler (late);—abs. מ׳ Dn 11:3, 5; pl. הַמִּמְשָׁלִים 1 Ch 26:6;— מ׳ רב great dominion Dn 11:3 (acc. cogn. c. מָשַׁל), v 5 (pred. of מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֹ). abstr. for concr. (pl.) = rulers 1 Ch 26:6 (? read הַמּשְׁלִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִמְשָׁל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4474/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 11:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.3/)

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וְעָמַ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ גִּבּ֑וֹר וּמָשַׁל֙ מִמְשָׁ֣ל רַ֔ב וְעָשָׂ֖ה כִּרְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.arise a.king mighty and he.will.have.dominion dominion great and he.will.do according to his.pleasure

*JPS 1917:* And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

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[1 Chronicles 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.26.6/)

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וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה בְנוֹ֙ נוֹלַ֣ד בָּנִ֔ים הַמִּמְשָׁלִ֖ים לְבֵ֣ית אֲבִיהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־גִבּ֥וֹרֵי חַ֖יִל הֵֽמָּה׃

*Word for word:* and to Shemaiah son his it.was.born sons the rulers of the.house their.father their (dm) \[were\].mighty.\[men\] of.ability they

*JPS 1917:* Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valour.

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