STRONGS NUMBER H4475


Word Summary
memshalah: rule, dominion, realm
Original Word: מֶמְשָׁלָה
Transliteration: memshalah
Phonetic Spelling: (mem-shaw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: rule, dominion, realm
Meaning: rule, a realm, a ruler
Strong's Concordance
dominion, government, power, to rule

Feminine of mimshal; rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler -- dominion, government, power, to rule.

see HEBREW mimshal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4475. memshalah

מֶמְשָׁלָהnoun feminine rule, dominion, realm (compare DrJphil. xi. 1882, 215); — absolute ׳מMicah 4:8; construct מֶמְשֶׁ֫לֶתPsalm 136:8 (before בְּ‎ Ges§ 130, 1 Köii. 182), Jeremiah 34:1-2t.; suffix מֶמְשַׁלְתְּךָIsaiah 22:21; Psalm 145:13; מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֺ1 Kings 9:19 6t.; plural construct מֶמְשְׁלוֺתPsalm 136:9; suffix מַמְשְׁלוֺתָיו114:2; —

1 rule, dominion (human) Isaiah 22:21; Micah 4:8; עִמּוֺ מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֺ וְכָלֿ2 Chronicles 32:9 and all his imperial might with him (i.e. display of might — soldiers, court, luxury, etc.; of Sennach.); מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֺ אֶרֶץ כֹּל1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6; Jeremiah 51:28, יָדוֺ מֶמְשֶׁלֶת אֶרֶץ מַמְלְכוֺת34:1; hence ׳מ‎ alone = relam, domian 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2; Daniel 11:5.

2 rule of heavenly bodies ׳לִמְשׁ הַיּוֺםGenesis 1:16 the sun for the rule ofthe day, compare 1:16; also followed by בְּPsalm 136:8; 136:9.

3 God's rule dominion: Psalm 145:13 ("" מַלְכוּת‎), מֶמְשַׁלְתּוֺ כָּלמְֿקֹמוֺת103:22; plural = realm ׃ מַמְשְׁלוֺתָֽיו יִשְׂרָאֵל לְקָדְשׁ֑וֺ יְהוּדָה הָֽיְתה114:2.

[מִשְׁלָח‎], מִשְׁלַ֫חַת מִשְׁלֹחַ,‎ see שׁלח‎.

מְשֶׁלֶמְיָה(וּׅ מְשִׁלֵּ(י)מוֺת, מְשֻׁלָּם,‎ see שׁלם‎.

מְשֻׁלֶּ֫מֶת מְשִׁלֵּמִית,‎ see שׁלם‎.

מִשֶּׁלָּ֫נוּ‎ see שֶׁ֑‎. מִשְׁלשׁGenesis 38:24 see שׁלשׁ‎.

מְשַׁמָּה‎ see שׁמם‎.

מַשְׁמַנִּים ׳מַשׁ, מִשְׁמַנָּה, מִשְׁמָן,‎ see שׁמן‎.

I, II. מִשְׁמָע‎, [מִשְׁמַ֫עַת‎] see שׁמע‎.

מִשְׁמָר‎, [מִשְׁמֶ֫רֶת‎] see שׁמר‎.

מִשְׁנֶה‎ see שׁנה‎. מְשִׁסָּה‎ see שׁסס‎.

משׁע‎ (compare Assyrian misû, cleanse, wash, compare DlHWB; whence might come following — though שׁ‎ = s is surprising — compare DlBaer, Ezech. xiv).