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title: מֹשֶׁל — dominion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹשֶׁל (4915), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: dominion. BDB 1906: dominion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹשֶׁל

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«מֹשֶׁל» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4915 · **BDB:** מֹ֫שֶׁל²

### Glosses

dominion (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dominion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4915/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

dominion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4915/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dominion;—sf. מָשְׁלוֹ מִיָּם עַד־יָם Zc 9:10 (of Mess. king); כְּמָשְׁלוֹ אֲשֶׁר מָשָׁ֑ל Dn 11:4 (of Alexander).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹשֶׁל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4915/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 9:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.10/)

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וְהִכְרַתִּי־רֶ֣כֶב מֵאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְסוּס֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְנִכְרְתָה֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְדִבֶּ֥ר שָׁל֖וֹם לַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּמָשְׁלוֹ֙ מִיָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֔ם וּמִנָּהָ֖ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.cut.off chariotry from Ephraim and horse\[s\] from Jerusalem and it.will.be.cut.off bow of.war and he.will.speak peace to the nations and dominion his \[will be\].from.sea to sea and from.\[the\] river to \[the\].ends of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

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[Daniel 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.4/)

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וּכְעָמְדוֹ֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֣ר מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְתֵחָ֕ץ לְאַרְבַּ֖ע רוּח֣וֹת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹ֣א לְאַחֲרִית֗וֹ וְלֹ֤א כְמָשְׁלוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשָׁ֔ל כִּ֤י תִנָּתֵשׁ֙ מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְלַאֲחֵרִ֖ים מִלְּבַד־אֵֽלֶּה׃

*Word for word:* and just as he.arises it.will.be.broken.up kingdom his and it.will.be.divided to the.four the.winds of the.heavens and not to posterity his and not like dominion his which he.had.dominion (dm) it.will.be.plucked.up kingdom his and to others (from) besides these

*JPS 1917:* And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

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