יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃

   yim-SHO-lu

   shall they rule
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃

   LO yim-SHO-lu

   not shall they rule
3. clause🔊 וְהֽ͏ַעֲבַטְתָּ֞ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֗ים וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲבֹ֔ט וּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙ בְּגוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּבְךָ֖ לֹ֥א יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃

   ve-ha-a-vat-TA go-YIM ra-bim ve-a-TA LO ta-a-VOT u-ma-shal-TA be-go-YIM ra-bim u-ve-KHA LO yim-SHO-lu

   and you shall lend to nations many but you not shall borrow and you shall rule over nations many but over you not shall they rule
4. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ בֵּֽרַכְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּר־לָ֑ךְ וְהֽ͏ַעֲבַטְתָּ֞ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֗ים וְאַתָּה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲבֹ֔ט וּמָֽשַׁלְתָּ֙ בְּגוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים וּבְךָ֖ לֹ֥א יִמְשֹֽׁלוּ׃

   ki-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha be-rakh-KHA ka-a-SHER di-BER-lakh ve-ha-a-vat-TA go-YIM ra-bim ve-a-TA LO ta-a-VOT u-ma-shal-TA be-go-YIM ra-bim u-ve-KHA LO yim-SHO-lu

   For the LORD your God will bless you as he has spoken to you and you shall lend to nations many but you not shall borrow and you shall rule over nations many but over you not shall they rule

Exegesis

The parallel Hifil and Qal sequences in vehaavatta goyim rabbim {וְהַעֲבַטְתָּ גּוֹיִם רַבִּים | wə-ḥā-ʿa-ḇattā gô-yim rabbîm} and umashelta begôyim rabbim {וּמָשַׁלְתָּ בְּגוֹיִם רַבִּים | ū-ma-šal-tā bə-gô-yim rabbîm} frame active agency over nations, while the negations lō taavot {לֹא תַעֲבֹט | lō ta-ʿa-ḇōṭ} and lō yimsholû {לֹא יִמְשֹׁלוּ | lō yim-šō-lū} enforce reciprocal freedom. The use of vav-consecutive verbs structures a clear chronological progression. English renderings preserve these logical parallels through coordinated clauses.

Root and etymology

m-sh-l🔊 מ־ש־ל

“to rule, govern”

• 🔊 מוֹשֵׁלmō-šêlrulerGenesis 1:18