Hebrew semantic word

משׁל

8 lexical sense(s); 98 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to be like, to become like

= state in which humans are similar in shape, behavior or experience to others

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-01
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ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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6 (5 verse links; 1 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: to compare

= action by which humans measure the similarity or dissimilarity between different entities

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-02
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ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 3: to speak in proverbs, to speak in riddles, to speak in parables, to speak in allegories

= action by which humans make statements to communicate something that they perceive as truth in an indirect way, such as a proverb, riddle, parable, song, or allegory; ≈ often seen as obscure and difficult to understand

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-03
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ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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11 (11 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 4: to rule, to have dominion

= state in which humans or deities are in a high position of authority over (other) humans or objects

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-04
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ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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53 (53 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 5: to cause to rule, to give dominion

= causative action by which humans or deities put (other) humans in a high position of authority over others

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-05
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ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 6: to have the right (to do something)

= state in which humans have the legal authority to perform a certain event

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-06
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 7: ruler

= a person who is in a high position of authority over others

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-07
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ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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23 (23 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 8: to be patient, to have self-control

literally: to rule over (one's) spirit; hence: = state in which humans are able to control their temper

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004478-08
Source
ubs_hebrew_dictionary
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CC-BY-SA-4.0
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1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Related words and biblical concepts

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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-HEB-LEMMA-004478
Page model version
1.0
Direction
rtl
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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