Strong's Hebrew: 4912. mashal (maw-shawl')

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4912. mashal (maw-shawl')
Apparently from mashal in some original sense of superiority in mental action; properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb.

see HEBREW mashal