מָשָׁ֔ל

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מָשָׁ֔ל

   ma-SHAL

   ruled
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשָׁ֔ל

   a-SHER ma-SHAL

   which ruled
3. clause🔊 וְלֹ֣א לְאַחֲרִית֗וֹ וְלֹ֤א כְמָשְׁלוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשָׁ֔ל כִּ֤י תִנָּתֵשׁ֙ מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְלַאֲחֵרִ֖ים מִלְּבַד־אֵֽלֶּה׃

   veh-LO leh-ah-khah-ree-TO veh-LO khe-mash-LO a-SHER ma-SHAL KI tihn-na-TESH mal-khoo-TO veh-la-ah-kheh-REEM mihl-leh-VAD-EH-leh

   and not to his latter end or posterity and not according to his rule or dominion which ruled for his kingdom shall be uprooted and to others besides these
4. sentence🔊 וּכְעָמְדוֹ֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֣ר מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְתֵחָ֕ץ לְאַרְבַּ֖ע רוּח֣וֹת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹ֣א לְאַחֲרִית֗וֹ וְלֹ֤א כְמָשְׁלוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָשָׁ֔ל כִּ֤י תִנָּתֵשׁ֙ מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְלַאֲחֵרִ֖ים מִלְּבַד־אֵֽלֶּה׃

   oo-kheh-ahm-DO tish-sha-VER mal-khoo-TO veh-te-KHAATS leh-ar-BA roo-KHOT ha-sha-MA-yim veh-LO leh-ah-khah-ree-TO veh-LO khe-mash-LO a-SHER ma-SHAL KI tihn-na-TESH mal-khoo-TO veh-la-ah-kheh-REEM mihl-leh-VAD-EH-leh

   and at his rising his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided to four winds the heavens and not to his latter end or posterity and not according to his rule or dominion which ruled for his kingdom shall be uprooted and to others besides these

Exegesis

The coordinated negations wə-lō lə’acharito {וְלֹא לְאַחֲרִיתוֹ | wə-lōʾ lə-ʾa-ḥa-ri-tō} ‘and not to his posterity’ and wə-lō kemashlo ăšer māšāl {וְלֹא כְמָשְׁלוֹ אֲשֶׁר מָשָׁל | wə-lōʾ kə-māš-lō ă-šer mā-šāl} ‘and not by his ruling authority’ clarify the succession will bypass his heirs and his governing style.

Root and etymology

m-sh-l🔊 מ־ש־לmem-shin-lamed

“to rule, govern”

• 🔊 מוֹשֵׁלmō-šēlrulerGenesis 45:8