ma.shal denotes being made like or compared with someone or something in the supplied biblical contexts.

The attested usage concerns likeness or comparison: people are described as becoming like others, a speaker fears being likened with those going down to the pit, and Isaiah poses the question of whom God could be compared with. Psalm 49:13 contains the same Niphal form, though the translation does not make its particular contribution identifiable.

1. Being made like or compared with another · dominant

   In Isaiah 14:10, the Niphal perfect form occurs in the statement that the addressee has become like the speakers; in Job 30:19, the Hithpael form stands in the clause about becoming like dust and ashes. In Psalm 143:7 and Psalm 28:1, Niphal sequential perfect forms express the speaker's fear of being likened with those who go down to the pit, while Isaiah 46:5 uses a Hiphil imperfect in questions about likening and comparing God. Psalm 49:13 has a Niphal perfect form, but the APB rendering does not isolate the term's contribution there.

   Isaiah 14:10Isaiah 46:5Job 30:19Psalm 143:7Psalm 28:1Psalm 49:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses with "become like," "be likened," and the sequence "liken me and compare me." These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions, and Psalm 49:13 does not make the term's specific rendering clear.