Mashal (allegory) - Wikipedia A mashal (Hebrew: משל) is a short proverb [1] or parable with a moral lesson or religious allegory, called a nimshal Mashal is used also to designate other forms in rhetoric, such as the fable and apothegm
H4912 - māšāl - Strongs Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) מָשָׁל mâshâl, maw-shawl'; apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):—byword, like, parable, proverb † II
Mashal Meaning - Hebrew Lexicon | Old Testament (NAS) Discover the original meaning of Mashal in the Bible using the Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon - New American Standard Discover the audio pronunciation, word origin and usage in the Bible, plus scripture verse references of Mashal
Mashal: Telling Stories through PARABLES PROVERBS Therefore it became a proverb [l-mashal לְמָשָׁ֔ל]: “Is Saul also among the prophets?” We’re not really told how this proverb was used, but I wonder if this became one of those statements to answer an absolute truth
Mashal | Hebrew literature | Britannica Typically a pithy, easily memorized aphoristic saying based on experience and universal in application, the mashal in its simplest and oldest form was a couplet in which a definition was given in two parallel lines related…