4294. matteh or mattah
Lexical Summary
matteh or mattah: a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe
Original Word: מַטֶּה
Transliteration: matteh or mattah
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-teh')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe
Meaning: a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe
Strong's Concordance
rod, staff, tribe

Or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}; from natah; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. Bread) -- rod, staff, tribe.

see HEBREW natah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4294. matteh

or mattah מַטֶּה251 noun masculineExodus 4:17 (feminine Micah 6:9 according to ᵑ0‎, but dubious, see below)

1 staff, rod, shaft.

2 branch.

3 tribe (Ecclus 48:2 staff, Ecclesiasticus 45:6; Ecclesiasticus 45:25 tribe); — absolute ׳מGenesis 38:25 +; construct מַטַּהExodus 4:20 +; suffix מַטְּךָGenesis 38:18 5t., מַטֶּ֑ךָExodus 8:1, מַטֵּ֫הוּIsaiah 10:24 10t.; plural מַטּוֺת1 Kings 8:1 +, etc.; suffix מַטּוֺחָםExodus 7:12; Numbers 17:21; also מַטָּיוHabakkuk 3:14 (but read מַטֶּיךָ‎ or — Gr — מַטֹּתֶיךָ‎); —

1 (compare שֵׁבֶט מַקֵּל,‎) staff of traveller Genesis 38:18, 25 (J); in General Isaiah 10:15 (simile; "" שֵׁבֶט‎); from staff as support comes figurative מַטֵּהלֶֿחֶםstaff of bread (food supply) Ezekiel 4:16; 5:16; 14:13; Leviticus 26:26; Psalm 105:16; of staff or rod, Moses as shepherd Exodus 4:2, 4; 7:15 (J), 4:17; 7:17, 20; 9:23; 10:13; 17:5 (all E); compare also Isaiah 10:26; Exodus 14:16; Numbers 20:8-9, 11 (all P); called ׳מ הָאֱלֹהִיםExodus 4:20; 17:9 (both E), because of miraculous power connected with it; compare mirac. rod of Aaron 7:9-10, 12, 19; 8:1; 8:12; 8:13 (all P), and of Egyptian magicians 7:12 (twice in verse) (P); compare Aaron's rod that budded Numbers 17:18; Numbers 17:21; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 17:25 (compare RSSemitic i. 180; 2d ed. 197); carried even by warrior 1 Samuel 14:27, 43; שִׁכְמוֺ מַטֵּהIsaiah 9:3 i.e. rod that strikes his shoulder, task-master's rod ("" בּוֺ הַנֹּגֵשׂ שֵׁבֶט‎), compare 10:5 and 10:24; 14:5 ("" שֵׁבֶט‎), all figurative of oppression; מוּסָדָה מַטֵּה30:32 appointed rod (of punishment); compare ׳מEzekiel 7:10-11, (but text obscure, Co — q. v. — sceptre), also Micah 6:9 according to ᵑ0‎, but see below

3; used in beating out (חבט‎) fennel Isaiah 28:27; staff as badge of leader or ruler מַטֵּהעֹֿזJeremiah 48:17 ("" מַקֵּל‎), compare Psalm 110:2; so Numbers 17:17 (4 t. in verse) + 10 t. Numbers 17; apparently shafts, i.e. arrows or spears, Habakkuk 3:9, 14 (compare Now Da GASm).

2 branch of vine Ezekiel 19:11-12, 14 (twice in verse).

3 tribe (183 t.), originally company led by chief with staff: specifically of tribes of Israel in both singular and plural, 1 Kings 7:14; 8:1 2 Chronicles 5:2; Exodus 31:2 5t. Exodus; Leviticus 24:11; Numbers 1:4 89t. Numbers; Joshua 7:1 56t. Joshua (all P); 1 Chronicles 6:45 21t. 1 Chronicles 6; 12:31; probably also Micah 6:9 (vocative; so ᵐ5‎ We Now GASm). — compare שֵׁבֶט‎, and on relation of these two words for tribe Hebrew usage DrJPhoenician xi. (1882), 213 f.








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