Lexical Summary motah: a pole, bar (of a yoke) Original Word: מוֹטָהTransliteration: motah Phonetic Spelling: (mo-taw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a pole, bar (of a yoke) Meaning: a pole, an ox-bow, a yoke Strong's Concordance bands, heavy, staves, yoke Feminine of mowt; a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative) -- bands, heavy, staves, yoke. see HEBREW mowt Brown-Driver-Briggs H4133. motah מוֺטָה noun feminine pole, bar of yoke, mostly late (compare מוֺט); — ׳מ Jeremiah 28:10 4t.; plural מֹטוֺת etc., absolute 27:2; 1 Chronicles 15:15; construct Ezekiel 30:18 4t.; — 1 pole, plural, staves, for bearing ark 1 Chronicles 15:15. 2 bar of yoke, symbolic, of oppression Jeremiah 27:2 ("" מוֺמֵרוֺת, compare עֹל 27:8; 27:11; 27:12), 28:10, 12 (compare עֹל 28:11); ׳מ עֵץ 28:13; ׳מ בַּרְזֶל 28:13 (compare עֹל 28:14); figurative of oppression, Isaiah 58:6, 9; Ezekiel 30:18; compare (thongs of yoke) מ ׳אֲגֻדּוֺת Isaiah 58:6; עֻלְּכֶם מֹטֹת Leviticus 26:18 compare Ezekiel 34:27. — On form of yoke see SchumacherZPV xii. 1889, 160, BenzArchaeology 207. |
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