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Ezekiel 18:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H4100 What מה

H859 mean ye לכם אתם

H4911 use משׁלים

H853 את

H4912 proverb המשׁל

H2088 this הזה

H5921 concerning על

H127 the land אדמת

H3478 of Israel ישׂראל

H559 saying לאמר

H1 The fathers אבות

H398 have eaten יאכלו

H1155 sour grapes בסר

H8127 and the children's teeth ושׁני

H1121 הבנים

H6949 are set on edge תקהינה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H4100 What

mean

H859 ye

that

H859 ye

H4911 use

H2088 this

H4912 proverb

H5921 concerning

the

H127 land

H3478 Israel

H559 saying

The

H1 fathers

have

H398 eaten

sour

H1155 grapes

and

the

children's

H8127 teeth

are

set

H6949 edge

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