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Numbers 21:27

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Masoretic Text 1524

H5921 Wherefore על

H3651 כן

H559 say יאמרו

H4911 they that speak in proverbs המשׁלים

H935 Come באו

H2809 into Heshbon חשׁבון

H1129 be built תבנה

H3559 and prepared ותכונן

H5892 let the city עיר

H5511 of Sihon סיחון׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H5921 Wherefore

they

that

speak

H4911 proverbs

H559 say

H935 Come

into

H2809 Heshbon

let

the

H5892 city

H5511 Sihon

H1129 built

and

H3559 prepared

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