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title: מֹשֶׁל — likeness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹשֶׁל (lemma:מֹשֶׁל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: likeness. BDB 1906: likeness, one like. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹשֶׁל

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«מֹשֶׁל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **likeness** — 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:** lemma:מֹשֶׁל · **BDB:** מֹ֫שֶׁל

### Glosses

likeness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

likeness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b9_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

likeness, one like [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b9_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] likeness, one like; only sf. מָשְׁלוֹ Jb 41:25 his likeness, i.e. one like him.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5de_5b9_5e9_5b6_5c1_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.25/)

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אֵֽין־עַל־עָפָ֥ר מָשְׁל֑וֹ הֶ֝עָשׂ֗וּ לִבְלִי־חָֽת׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not on \[the\].dust likeness its the.\[one\] made for not terror

*JPS 1917:* Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.

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