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מָשַׁלI (b. h.) 1) to handle, to touch. Yoma 46a מָשְׁלָה בהן האור the flames had attacked them. 2) to attend, manage, control. B. Mets.75b מי שאשתו מוֹשֶׁלֶת עליו he whom his wife rules. Ḥull.60b לכי ומְשוֹלִי ביוםוכ׳ (not ומשול; Rashi לך ומְשוֹל) go thou and attend by day and by night.B. Bath.78b (ref. to Num. 21:27) המוֹשְׁלִים ביצרם who control their inclinations; a. e.מוֹשֵׁל governor, consul. Yad. IV, 8 אתם כותבים את המושלוכ׳ you write the governors name and year together with the name of Moses in a document. B. Kam.38a מוֹשְׁלֵי, מוֹשְׁלִים, censorial emendations for מַלְכוּת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes. Pi. מִשֵּׁל to handle, dispose of, use. Gen. R. s. 20 יכול מְמַשְּׁלָהּ מכל צד you might think, he may use her in whatever way he pleases; Yalk. ib. 32. Hif. הִמְשִׁיל to make a ruler. Sot.36b עבד … חַּמְשִׁילֵהוּ עלינו a slave whom his master bought for twenty pieces of silver,wilt thou make him a ruler over us?; a. e.