# H4911 מָשַׁל

מָשַׁל (mâshal), Strong’s H4911: to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble KJV: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a)…

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*mâshal* — to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble

KJV: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.

Derived from [מָשָׁל mâshâl](https://besorah.bible/word/H4912) (a pithy maxim)

Occurs 17 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מָשַׁל] vb. represent, be like
- Niph. be like, similar
- Hiph. compare
- Hithp. and I have become like dust
- מָשַׁל vb. denom
- מָשַׁל vb. denom. use a proverb, speak in parables or sentences of poetry, esp. Ezek.
- Qal use a proverb
- Pi. is he not a maker of parables?

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 21:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=27) — Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
- [Isaiah 14:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/14?v=10) — They all will answer and ask you, “Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?”
- [Isaiah 46:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/46?v=5) — “To whom will you compare me, and consider my equal, and compare me, as if we were the same?
- [Ezekiel 12:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/12?v=23) — Tell them therefore, ‘The Lord GOD says: “I will make this proverb to cease, and they will no more use it as a proverb…
- [Ezekiel 16:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/16?v=44) — “‘“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you, saying, ‘As is the mother, so is her daughter.’
- [Ezekiel 17:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/17?v=2) — “Son of man, tell a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;
- [Ezekiel 18:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=2) — “What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning Eretz-Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and…
- [Ezekiel 18:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/18?v=3) — “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you shall not use this proverb any more in Israel.
- [Ezekiel 21:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=5) — Then I said, “Ah Lord GOD! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
- [Ezekiel 24:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/24?v=3) — Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on…