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  #4912 מָשָׁל mashal {maw-shawl'}

 apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental
     action; TWOT - 1258a; n m

—Hebrew Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)


 1) proverb, parable
    1a) proverb, proverbial saying, aphorism
    1b) byword
    1c) similitude, parable
    1d) poem
    1e) sentences of ethical wisdom, ethical maxims

—Brown-Driver-Briggs (Old Testament Hebrew-English Lexicon)

Apparently from H4910 in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly a pithy maxim, usually of a metaphorical nature; hence a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse):—byword, like, parable, proverb.

—Strong's (Hebrew & Chaldee Dictionary of the Old Testament)

#4912.
מָשָׁל
mashal (605a); from 4911a; a proverb, parable:—
NASB - byword(3), discourse(9), parable(3), parables(1), proverb(15), proverbs(6), taunt(2), taunt-song(1).

—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries

 AV - proverb 19, parable 18, byword 1, like 1; 39

byword
Psalms 44:14.

like
Job 13:12.

parable
Numbers 23:7, 18; 24:3, 15, 20, 21, 23. Job 27:1; 29:1. Psalms 49:4; 78:2. Proverbs 26:7, 9. Ezekiel 17:2; 24:3. Micah 2:4. Habakkuk 2:6.

parables
Ezekiel 20:49.

proverb
Deuteronomy 28:37. 1 Samuel 10:12; 24:13. 1 Kings 9:7. 2 Chronicles 7:20. Psalms 69:11. Proverbs 1:6. Isaiah 14:4. Jeremiah 24:9. Ezekiel 12:22, 23; 14:8; 18:2, 3.

proverbs
1 Kings 4:32. Proverbs 1:1; 10:1; 25:1. Ecclesiastes 12:9.