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TWOT Reference: 1258,1258b
to represent, liken, be like
(Niphal) to liken, be like, be similar
(Hiphil) to compare
(Hithpael) to become like
to speak in a proverb, use a proverb, speak in parables, speak in sentences of poetry
(Qal) to use a proverb, speak a parable or proverb
(Piel) to make a parable
maker of parables (participle)
Strong's Number H4911 matches the Hebrew מָשַׁל (māšal),
which occurs 16 times in 15 verses
in the WLC Hebrew.
“Come to Heshbon,
Let the city of Sihon be built and established.
“God has cast me into the mire [a swampland of crisis],
And I have become [worthless] like dust and ashes.
A Psalm of David.
To you I call, O LORD,
My rock, do not be deaf to me,
For if You are silent to me,
I will become like those who go down to the pit (grave).
But man, with all his [self] honor and pomp, will not endure;
He is like the beasts that perish.
A man [who is held] in honor,
Yet who lacks [spiritual] understanding and a teachable heart, is like the beasts that perish.
Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).
“All of them will respond [tauntingly] and say to you,
‘You have become as weak as we are.
You have become like us.
“Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you: ‘Like mother, like daughter.’
‘[fn]The fathers eat sour grapes [they sin],
But the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
“As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “you are certainly not going to use this proverb [as an excuse] in Israel anymore.
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stand erect (compare FlDe 
description by way of comparison; Assyrian 
become like; Aramaic 
compare). 
