Habakkuk 1:14 — Word Study
WLCוַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא־ מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽוֹ׃
BSAYou have madeʻâsâh▸ menʼâdâm [like fish in the sea, or crawling insects] like the fishdâg [a group of fish, often referring to a school] of the seayâm like creeping thingsremes [small moving animals, reptiles] [that have] nolôʼ [absence of] rulermâshal [one who has power over, a king]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה | and you have made | Verb, Qal, sequential imperfect second person masculine singular |
| אָדָ֖ם | humankind | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| כִּדְגֵ֣י | like [the] fish of | Preposition, noun common masculine plural construct |
| הַיָּ֑ם | the sea | Particle, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ | like creeping thing[s] | Preposition, noun common masculine singular absolute |
| לֹא־ | [which] not | Particle |
| מֹשֵׁ֥ל | a ruler | Verb, Qal, participle (active) masculine singular |
| בּֽוֹ׃ | [is] over it | Preposition, suffix |
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| BSB | You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler. |
| KJV | And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? |
| ASV | and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? |
| YLT | And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him. |
| WEB | and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them? |
| BBE | He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them. |
The translations agree on the rendering of מֹשֵׁל as 'ruler.'
The main clause is followed by two comparisons, emphasizing the likeness of humanity to fish and creeping things.
8 commentators on this verse
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Deep Study — Habakkuk 1:14
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Context — Habakkuk's Lamentgenerated
Habakkuk 1:14 reflects the prophet's struggle with the apparent triumph of evil and the suffering of the righteous. He questions why God allows the wicked to prevail and compares humanity to fish and creeping creatures that lack a ruler, highlighting their helplessness in the face of oppression. This imagery serves to illustrate the chaotic state of the world and the need for divine intervention.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proverbs 6:7 | Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 1 reference, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — מֹשֵׁל, mo.Shelgenerated
The word מֹשֵׁל (mo.Shel) is a participle form of the verb מָשַׁל (ma.Shal), meaning to rule or have dominion. It indicates an active role of governance or control, typically associated with a king or authority figure.
In this verse, it emphasizes the absence of leadership among the creatures being compared to humankind, suggesting that just as fish and creeping things lack a ruler, so too do people lack guidance and protection in their suffering.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
All translations agree on the rendering of מֹשֵׁל as 'ruler,' indicating a lack of authority or governance over the creatures mentioned.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The finite verb וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (va.ta.'a.Seh), 'and you have made,' governs the entire verse. It is followed by a noun phrase אָדָ֖ם ('a.Dam), the object of the verb, describing what God has made.
The structure emphasizes the comparison made by the verb, with prepositional phrases elaborating on the likeness of humanity to fish and creeping things, illustrating their vulnerability and lack of leadership.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates מֹשֵׁל as ἡγούμενον (hēgoumenon), meaning 'leader' or 'one who guides.' This choice highlights the absence of guidance and authority in the lives of those being compared to fish and creeping things.
This translation choice reinforces the theme of helplessness and the need for divine leadership in the face of adversity.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Habakkuk 1:14 describes how God has made humanity like fish and creeping things that lack a ruler. This imagery illustrates the vulnerability and helplessness of people in a world filled with injustice and oppression.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
This comparison emphasizes humanity's vulnerability and lack of control in a chaotic world.
He uses it to express the feeling of helplessness and the need for divine intervention in the face of injustice.
The absence of a ruler highlights the lack of guidance and protection for humanity, reflecting the disorder in society.
It illustrates the prophet's struggle with God's justice and the suffering of the righteous amidst the triumph of the wicked.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what ways do I see the lack of guidance in my own life or society?
- How can I seek to be a positive influence or leader in my community?
- What does it mean for me to trust in God's sovereignty when I feel helpless?
- How can I respond to injustice in my surroundings, reflecting God's character?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
Early Church Fathers, such as John Chrysostom, reference this verse to discuss the nature of justice and compassion in the face of suffering.
You see, even if it is the wicked who perish, nevertheless the souls of good people are likely to show compassion when they see people being punished.Early Church Fathers on Habakkuk 1 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Habakkuk 1:14 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAnd makest men as the fishes of the sea,.... That is, sufferest them to be used as the fishes of the sea, which are easily taken in the net, and are common to everyone; whosoever will may take them
Read John Gill on Habakkuk 1 →Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentaryAnd makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Read Robert Jamieson on Habakkuk 1 →Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleMakest; not infusing cruel, ravenous, and unsatiable appetites, but permitting them to act according to such appetite which was already in them. Men; who should be just to all, and wrong none, who were once framed for mutual help in civil societies, and whose life should be beneficence. As the fishes; of which the greater live on the lesser, and do greedily and all the day long feed on the smaller fry. Of the sea; where the devourers are more for number, of greater bulk, and swallow greater numbers of the lesser. As the creeping things; which in the waters are food for the lesser fry; so the world, like the sea, is wholly oppression. No ruler; none to defend the weak, to restrain the…
Read Matthew Poole on Habakkuk 1 →John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsHabakkuk 1:14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them?Ver. 14. And makest men as the fishes of the sea] That are easily drawn out with hook or net. So doth Nebuchadnezzar, with little ado, bring whole nations under his power and pleasure. Here, therefore, saith Drusius, Nebuchadnezzar is the fisher, the world is the sea, men are the fishes, the armies and arts of the Chaldees are called the net, drag, hook, to the which Nebuchadnezzar ascribed his victories, and not to God. Whereas he should have written upon them, as the ancients did upon their greatest exploits, Yεος, Yεος, and have said, as Titus did, when some cried him up for his…
Read John Trapp on Habakkuk 1 →Charles John Ellicott1819–1905Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12-17) Though sore perplexed, Habakkuk feels sure that the God whom this swaggering conqueror has insulted will at last vindicate Himself.
Read Charles John Ellicott on Habakkuk 1 →AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 14. Makest men as the fishes of the sea] Easily are we taken and destroyed. We have no leader to guide us, and no power to defend ourselves. Nebuchadnezzar is here represented as a fisherman, who is constantly casting his nets into the sea, and enclosing multitudes of fishes; and, being always successful, he sacrifices to his own net-attributes all his conquests to his own power and prudence; not considering that he is only like a net that after having been used for a while, shall at last be thrown by as useless, or burnt in the fire.
Read AdamClarke on Habakkuk 1 →CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges14. And makest men] and hast made men—the condition is one that has supervened. At the last resort it is Jehovah who is the author of all this inhuman violence. Cf. Job 9:24, “if not He, who then is it?” It might be that the Chaldeans were set to chastise, but they exceeded all bounds in their inhumanity (Isaiah 47:6-7; Zechariah 1:14-15). Men under their cruel rapacity ceased to be men, the very humanity in them was disregarded, and the brutal conqueror in his pride treated them like the lower creatures. no ruler over them] This hardly means that the creeping things have no king to protect them, but rather that, as the lowest creatures that have life, they have no higher instincts, no…
Read Cambridge on Habakkuk 1 →Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleAnd makest men as the fishes of the sea - mute, helpless, in a stormy, restless element, no cry heard, but themselves swept away in shoals, with no power to resist.
Read Albert Barnes on Habakkuk 1 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
Every translation on this page is a decision someone had to make and commit to. Read down a column and you see one translator's judgement; read across a row and you see the range the Greek actually allows. The BSB is the wording the rest of this page is measured against, so it is listed first.
Modern formal
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
and make men like the fish of the sea, like the creeping things that have no ruler over them?
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
Tyndale line
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
and makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping animals that have no ruler over them?
And makest men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things, that haue no ruler ouer them.
Strictly literal
And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them.
And Thou makest man as fishes of the sea, As a creeping thing — none ruling over him.
And You make man as fishes of the sea, || As a creeping thing [with] none ruling over him.
And [why] makest thou men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
You make men like fish in the sea, like creeping things without a ruler over them.
From the Latin
And thou wilt make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the creeping things that have no ruler.
Simplified
You make people become like fish in the sea, or like crawling insects, that have no ruler.
He has made men like the fishes of the sea, like the worms which have no ruler over them.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint largely agree on the wording of this verse. The Dead Sea Scrolls contain a version that has been edited, with some words supplied by an editor, but the core message remains consistent with the Masoretic Text.
וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אָדָ֖ם כִּדְגֵ֣י הַיָּ֑ם כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ לֹא־ מֹשֵׁ֥ל בּֽוֹ׃
7 of the 8 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
[ותעשה] [אדם] [כדגי] [הים] [כרמש] [לא] [משל] [ב׳ו]
nothing on the leather here — 8 supplied entire by an editor.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Habakkuk 1:14
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
עָשָׂה (asah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to do or make, encompassing a wide range of actions such as producing, preparing, and observing. It can refer to both concrete and abstract activities, including making offerings and attending to tasks. The verb also has forms indicating passive meanings, such as being made or offered. Notably, the Piel form refers to pressing or squeezing.
עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make
Qal 2524
do (1560 t.)
deal with
oft. in phr. do kindness with
abs. act, act with effect
make (670 t.)
produce, yield
prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food
make offering
attend to, put in order
observe, celebrate, religious festival
acquire property of various kinds
appoint priests
bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance
use
spend, pass, days of life
Niph.
97be done
be made, of concr. things
be produced from vine
be prepared, of food
be offered
be observed, passover
be used
Pu. I was made
base
[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze
base
H6213a עָשָׂה do, make .. . do (1560 + t.)
. deal with
. oft. in phr. do kindness with
. abs. act, act with effect
. . make (670 + t.)
. produce, yield
. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food
. make offering
. attend to, put in order
. observe, celebrate, religious festival
. acquire property of various kinds
. appoint priests
. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance
. use
. spend, pass, days of life
. . be done
. . be made, of concr. things
. be produced from vine
. be prepared, of food
. be offered
. be observed, passover
. be used
. I was made
H6213b עָשָׂה Pi. press, squeeze
6213 `asah aw-saw'
a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and
widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance,
appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth,
bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal
(with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in)
execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, +
finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go
about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X
indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain,
make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare,
bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure,
provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin,
spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be
(warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
עָשָׂה (a.sah) — to make: do.
: do/perform
1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
1a2c) to prepare
1a2d) to make (an offering)
1a2e) to attend to, put in order
1a2f) to observe, celebrate
1a2g) to acquire (property)
1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute
1a2i) to bring about
1a2j) to use
1a2k) to spend, pass
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be done
1b2) to be made
1b3) to be produced
1b4) to be offered
1b5) to be observed
1b6) to be used
1c) (Pual) to be made
עָשָׂה (a.sah) — to press.
(Piel) to press, squeeze
עָשָׂה (a.sah) — to make.
: make(OBJECT)
1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to do, work, make, produce
1a1a) to do
1a1b) to work
1a1c) to deal (with)
1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect
1a2) to make
1a2a) to make
1a2b) to produce
Conj | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms — Verb · Qal · sequential imperfect second person masculine singularHc/Vqw2ms
אָדָם (adam) refers to 'man' or 'mankind,' encompassing both individual humans and the species as a whole. It is also the name of the first man in the Bible, Adam, who is mentioned in various verses, including Genesis 2:19. The term can denote a city in the Jordan valley as well. The entries indicate a range of meanings, but there is no significant disagreement among them.
אָדָם 560 n.m. Gn 1:27 man, mankind
a man = human being
coll. man, mankind
n.pr.m. Adam, first man (without art.)
n.pr.loc. city in Jordan valley (as built?)
base
H120 אָדָם man, mankind . a man = human being
. coll. man, mankind
120 'adam aw-dawm'
from 119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the
species, mankind, etc.):--X another, + hypocrite, + common
sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
see HEBREW for 0119
אָדָם (a.dam) — man.
1) man, mankind
1a) man, human being
1b) man, mankind (much more frequently intended sense in OT)
1c) Adam, first man
1d) city in Jordan valley
אָדָם (a.dam) — the man (Adam).
The first named man living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.2.19;
married to Eve (H2332);
father of: Cain (H7014B), Abel (H1893) and Seth (H8352); also translated "man" at Gen.2.19,21,23; 3.8,9,20; 5.2; "mankind" at Deu.32.8; "others" at Job.31.33;
Another spelling of a.dam (אָדָם "Adam" H0121)
man, human being
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
דָּג (dag) means 'fish' in Hebrew. The word is derived from roots suggesting prolificacy and movement, particularly the squirming motion of a fish's tail. It is often used collectively to refer to fish in general. The term appears in Nehemiah 13:16.
H1709 דָּג fish
1709 dag dawg
or (fully) dag (Nehemiah 13:16) {dawg}; from 1711; a fish
(as prolific); or perhaps rather from 1672 (as timid); but
still better from 1672 (in the sense of squirming, i.e. moving
by the vibratory action of the tail); a fish (often used
collectively):--fish.
see HEBREW for 01711
see HEBREW for 01672
see HEBREW for 01672
דָּג (dag) — Fish (Gate).
fish
דָּג (dag) — fish.
fish
Prep | N-mp — Preposition · noun common masculine plural constructHR/Ncmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
יָם (yam) means 'sea' and refers to various large bodies of water, including the Mediterranean, Red, and Dead Seas, as well as the Sea of Galilee. It can also denote a mighty river like the Nile and has geographical implications, indicating directions such as west or south. The term is derived from a root meaning to roar, suggesting the noise of breaking surf.
יָם 390 n.m. sea
base
H3220 יָם sea
3220 yam yawm
from an unused root meaning to roar; a sea (as breaking in
noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the
article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or
an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the
south:--sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern,
side, -ward).
יָם (yam) — sea.
: sea
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
יָם (yam) — sea: west.
: west
1) sea
1a) Mediterranean Sea
1b) Red Sea
1c) Dead Sea
1d) Sea of Galilee
1e) sea (general)
1f) mighty river (Nile)
1g) the sea (the great basin in the temple court)
1h) seaward, west, westward
יָם (yam) — (Mt. Ephron in the) West.
This name means sea, seaward, westward
Another name of eph.ron (עֶפְרוֹן "(Mount )Ephron" H6085H)
Art | N-ms — Particle · noun common masculine singular absoluteHTd/Ncmsa
se (yam; thalassa; in Ac 27:5 pelagos): The Mediterranean is called ha-yam ha-gadhol, "the great sea" (Nu 34:6; Jos 1:4; Eze 47:10, etc.); ha-yam ha-'acharon, "the hinder," or "western sea" (De 11:24; 34:2; Joe 2:20; Zec 14:8); yam pelishtim, "the sea of the Philis" (Ex 23:31); the King James Version translates yam yapho' in Ezr 3:7 by "sea of Joppa," perhaps rightly.
The sea, yam , is used in Scripture to denote-- "The gathering of the waters," "the Ocean." (Genesis 1:2,10; 30:13) etc. Some portion of this, as the Mediterranean Sea, called the "hinder," the "western" and the "utmost" sea, (11:24; 34:2; Joel 2:20) "sea of the Philistines," (Exodus 23:31) "the great sea," (Numbers 36:6,7; Joshua 15:47) "the sea." Genesis49:13; Psal 80:11 Also frequently of the Red Sea. (Exodus 15:4) [RED SEA SEA] Inland lakes termed seas, as the Salt or Dead Sea. [See the special article] Any…
The Hebrews give the name of sea to any large collection of water, Job 14:11; as to the lakes of Tiberias and Asphaltites, and also to the rivers Nile and Euphrates, Isa 11:15 18:2 21:1 Jer 51:36,42. The principal seas mentioned in Scripture are the following:
1. The GREAT SEA, the Mediterranean, called also the Hinder or Western Sea. Indeed, the Hebrew word for sea, meaning the Mediterranean, is often put for the west. The Great Sea is 2,200 miles long, and in the widest part 1,200 miles in width. In many places it is so deep as to give no soundings. It is little affected by tides, but is often agitated by violent winds. The prevailing direction of the wind in spring is from the southeast and southwest and from the northeast…
→ Creation of Ge 1:9,10; Ps 95:5; 148:4,5
→ Lake Galilee calmed by Jesus Mt 8:24-26; Mr 4:37-39
→ Jesus walked upon Lake Galilee Mt 14:25-31
רֶ֫מֶשׂ (remes) refers to creeping or moving organisms, including reptiles and other rapidly moving animals. It encompasses a range of creatures that creep or glide, particularly in the context of sea animals. The word is derived from a root that signifies movement.
רֶ֫מֶשׂ n.m. coll. creeping things, moving things
base
H7431 רֶ֫מֶשׂ creeping things, moving things
7431 remes reh'-mes
from 7430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving
animal:--that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
see HEBREW for 07430
רֶ֫מֶשׂ (re.me.s) — creeping.
1) creeping things, moving things, creeping organism
1a) creeping things
1b) gliding things (of sea animals)
1c) moving things (of all animals)
Prep | N-ms — Preposition · noun common masculine singular absoluteHR/Ncmsa
לֹא (lo') is a Hebrew word meaning 'not' or 'no.' It serves as a simple negation and can imply absence or prohibition. The word can also be used in various contexts, often combined with other particles for emphasis or clarification. Its Aramaic equivalent is לָא (la), which also means 'not.'
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
base
H3808 לֹא or לוֹא not
3808 lo' lo
or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often
used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else,
ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never,
no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out
of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, +
of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
לֹא (lo) — not.
1) not, no
1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
1b) not (with modifier-negation)
1c) nothing (subst)
1d) without (with particle)
1e) before (of time)
Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)
Part — ParticleHTn
מָשַׁל (mashal) is a Hebrew verb meaning to rule or have dominion. It can refer to human authority, the dominion of heavenly bodies, or God's sovereignty. The word has a Qal form indicating direct rule and a Hiphil form that implies causing someone to rule or exercising dominion.
מָשַׁל vb. rule, have dominion, reign
Qal
human subj., rule, have dominion over
of heavenly bodies
of God
Hiph. cause to rule; exercise dominion
base
H4910 מָשַׁל rule, have dominion, reign .. human subj., rule, have dominion over
. of heavenly bodies
. of God
. cause to rule; exercise dominion
4910 mashal maw-shal'
a primitive root; to rule:--(have, make to have) dominion,
governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have)
rule(-ing, -r), have power.
מָשַׁל (ma.shal) — to rule.
1) to rule, have dominion, reign
1a) (Qal) to rule, have dominion
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to cause to rule
1b2) to exercise dominion
V-Qal — Verb · Qal · participle (active) masculine singularHVqrmsa
rool'-er:
1. In the Old Testament:
(1) moshel, "ruler," "prince," "master" (tyrant), applied to Joseph in Egypt (Ge 45:8; compare Ps 105:21); to the Philistines (Jud 15:11); to David's descendants, the future kings of Israel (2Ch 7:18; compare Jer 33:26); to Pharaoh (Ps 105:20); to a wicked prince, a tyrant (Pr 28:15; compare Isa 14:5; 49:7); to theocratic king, the Messiah (Mic 5:2); it is often used in…
וֹ (o) — him.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular
HR/Sp3ms — Preposition · suffixHR/Sp3ms