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title: מִשְׁטָר — rule · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִשְׁטָר (4896), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rule. BDB 1906: n.m. rule, authority. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִשְׁטָר

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«מִשְׁטָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rule** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4896 · **BDB:** מִשְׁטָר²

### Glosses

rule (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rule [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4896/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. rule, authority [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4896/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. rule, authority;—sf. מִשְׁטָרוֹ Jb 38:33 (of heavens over earth).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «מִשְׁטָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4896/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.33/)

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הֲ֭יָדַעְתָּ חֻקּ֣וֹת שָׁמָ֑יִם אִם־תָּשִׂ֖ים מִשְׁטָר֣וֹ בָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* do you.know? \[the\].statutes of.\[the\].heavens or? do.you.appoint rule its over the earth

*JPS 1917:* Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

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