{"def":{"short":"to liken, i.e., (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble","long":["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)"]]]},"deriv":"denominative from H4912","pronun":{"ipa":"mɔːˈʃɑl","ipa_mod":"mɑːˈʃɑl","sbl":"māšal","dic":"maw-SHAHL","dic_mod":"ma-SHAHL"}}