מָשַׁל mâshal — to rule
Translated in the KJV as (have, make to have) dominion, governor, × indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
a primitive root; to rule.
mâshal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 45Imperfect (yiqtol) 13Infinitive construct 7Sequential perfect (weqatal) 5Perfect (qatal) 5Infinitive absolute 1Imperative 1Jussive 1Wayyiqtol 1
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Hiph'il
Infinitive absolute 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›