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# מֹשֶׁל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4915

**dominion** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

dominion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4915/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֹ֫שֶׁל²: dominion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4915/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] dominion;—sf. מָשְׁלוֹ מִיָּם עַד־יָם Zc 9:10 (of Mess. king); כְּמָשְׁלוֹ אֲשֶׁר מָשָׁ֑ל Dn 11:4 (of Alexander).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dominion (2).

## In the verses

[Zechariah 9:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.9.10/#tree)

וְהִכְרַתִּי־רֶ֣כֶב מֵאֶפְרַ֗יִם וְסוּס֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְנִכְרְתָה֙ קֶ֣שֶׁת מִלְחָמָ֔ה וְדִבֶּ֥ר שָׁל֖וֹם לַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּמָשְׁלוֹ֙ מִיָּ֣ם עַד־יָ֔ם וּמִנָּהָ֖ר עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.cut.off chariotry from Ephraim and horse\[s\] from Jerusalem and it.will.be.cut.off bow of.war and he.will.speak peace to the nations and dominion his \[will be\].from.sea to sea and from.\[the\] river to \[the\].ends of.\[the\].earth

*JPS 1917:* And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace unto the nations; and his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

[Daniel 11:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.11.4/#tree)

וּכְעָמְדוֹ֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֣ר מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְתֵחָ֕ץ לְאַרְבַּ֖ע רוּח֣וֹת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹ֣א לְאַחֲרִית֗וֹ וְלֹ֤א כְמָשְׁלוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשָׁ֔ל כִּ֤י תִנָּתֵשׁ֙ מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְלַאֲחֵרִ֖ים מִלְּבַד־אֵֽלֶּה׃

*Word for word:* and just as he.arises it.will.be.broken.up kingdom his and it.will.be.divided to the.four the.winds of the.heavens and not to posterity his and not like dominion his which he.had.dominion (dm) it.will.be.plucked.up kingdom his and to others (from) besides these

*JPS 1917:* And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion wherewith he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4915.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4915/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).