Lexical Summary matteh or mattah: a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe Original Word: מַטֶּהTransliteration: 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 ׳מ Genesis 38:25 +; construct מַטַּה Exodus 4:20 +; suffix מַטְּךָ Genesis 38:18 5t., מַטֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 8:1, מַטֵּ֫הוּ Isaiah 10:24 10t.; plural מַטּוֺת 1 Kings 8:1 +, etc.; suffix מַטּוֺחָם Exodus 7:12; Numbers 17:21; also מַטָּיו Habakkuk 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 מַטֵּהלֶֿחֶם staff 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 הָאֱלֹהִים Exodus 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 מַטֵּה Isaiah 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 מַטֵּה 30:32 appointed rod (of punishment); compare ׳מ Ezekiel 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 מַטֵּהעֹֿז Jeremiah 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. |
    |