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# מִשְׂרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4951

**rule** — 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

rule [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4951/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִשְׂרָה²: n.f. rule, dominion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4951/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. rule, dominion;—Is 9:5, 6.

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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dominion (1); the dominion (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 9:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.5/#tree)

כִּי־יֶ֣לֶד יֻלַּד־לָ֗נוּ בֵּ֚ן נִתַּן־לָ֔נוּ וַתְּהִ֥י הַמִּשְׂרָ֖ה עַל־שִׁכְמ֑וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ פֶּ֠לֶא יוֹעֵץ֙ אֵ֣ל גִּבּ֔וֹר אֲבִי עַ֖דשַׂר־שָׁלֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.child he.will.be.born to us a.son he.will.be.given to us and it.was the dominion on shoulder his and someone.called name his a.wonder a.counselor God mighty father of.perpetuity prince of.peace

*JPS 1917:* For a child is born unto us, a son is given unto us; and the government is upon his shoulder; and his name is called Pele-joez-el-gibbor-Abi-ad-sar-shalom;

[Isaiah 9:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.6/#tree)

לְמַרְבֵּ֨ההַמִּשְׂרָ֜ה וּלְשָׁל֣וֹם אֵֽין־קֵ֗ץ עַל־כִּסֵּ֤א דָוִד֙ וְעַל־מַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹ לְהָכִ֤ין אֹתָהּ֙ וּֽלְסַעֲדָ֔הּ בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה מֵעַתָּה֙ וְעַד־עוֹלָ֔ם קִנְאַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה־זֹּֽאת׃ס

*Word for word:* to the.increase of the.dominion and to peace there.\[will\].not.\[be\] an.end on the.throne of.David and over kingdom his to establish it and to sustain it in justice and in righteousness from now and until perpetuity the.zeal of.Yahweh of.hosts it.will.accomplish this

*JPS 1917:* That the government may be increased, and of peace there be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it through justice and through righteousness from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts doth perform this.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4951.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4951/): 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).