Textus Receptus Bibles

Bible Analysis

Psalms 49:20

(Click on the Strongs Numbers)

Masoretic Text 1524

H120 Man אדם

H3366 that is in honour ביקר

H3808 not ולא

H995 and understandeth יבין

H4911 is like נמשׁל

H929 the beasts כבהמות

H1820 that perish נדמו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H120 Man

that

H3366 honour

and

H995 understandeth

H3808 not

H4911 like

the

H929 beasts

that

H1820 perish

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4911

Hebrew: מָשַׁל

Transliteration: mâshal

Pronunciation: maw-shal'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: be (-come) {like} {compare} use (as a) {proverb} speak (in {proverbs}) utter.

Definition:

to {liken} that {is} (transitively) to use figurative language (an {allegory} {adage} song or the like); intransitively to resemble

1. to represent, liken, be like

a. (Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar

b. (Hiphil) to compare

c. (Hithpael) to become like

2. to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry

a. (Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb

b. (Piel) to make a parable

1. maker of parables (participle)

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906