H7626. shebet

שֵׁ֫בֶט‎₁₈₉ noun masculine^{Numbers 24:17} (feminine^{Ezekiel 21:15, 18} but corrupt):

1 rod, staff, club, sceptre.

2 tribe; — ׳שׁ‎ absolute Genesis 49:10+, construct 1 Samuel 10:20 +; שָׁ֑טֶ‎ Deuteronomy 1:23 +; sf שִׁבְטוֺ‎ Judges 21:24+, etc.; plural שְׁבָטִים‎ 1 Kings 11:31 +, construct שִׁבְטֵי‎ Genesis 49:16 +, sf שְׁבָטֶיךָ‎ Deuteronomy 12:14 +, etc.; —

1.a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especiallyבַשּׁ ׳הִכָּה‎) Exodus 21:20 (E), Micah 4:14; Isaiah 10:15 (in simile; "" מַטֶּה‎), Proverbs 10:13 +; ׳שׁ מוּסָר‎ compare 29:15; for beating (חָבַט‎) cummin Isaiah 28:27 ("" מַטֶּה‎); as (inferior) weapon (opposed to חֲנִית‎) 2 Samuel 23:21= 1 Chronicles 11:3 (compareמַקֵּל‎ 1 Samuel 17:40, 43); figurative of ׳י‎s chastisement: national Isaiah 10:24; 30:31 (both "" מַטֶּה‎), 14:29, ׳שׁ אַמִּי‎ 10:5 ׳שׁ עֶבְרָתוֺ‎ Lamentations 3:1; individual Job 9:34; 21:9 (׳שׁ אֱלוֺהַּ‎), 37:13, 2 Samuel 7:14 (׳שׁ אֲנָשִׁים‎, i.e. not in-human), Psalm 89:33 (both "" נְגָעִים‎).

b. shaft, i.e. spear, dart, 2 Samuel 18:14, but < read ᵐ5 שְׁלָחִים‎ βέλη Th We Kit HPS Bu.

c. shepherd's implement, club, Psalm 23:4 ("" מִשְׁעֶנֶת‎), בְשׁ ׳רְעֵה‎ Micah 7:14 (both figurative of ׳י‎); used in mustering or counting sheep Ezekiel 20:37 (figurative), Leviticus 27:32 (compare Jeremiah 33:13), see Mackie^{Hast. DB RoD}

d. truncheon, sceptre, mark of authority, ׳שׁ סֹפֵר‎ Judges 5:14, ׳שׁ משְׁלִים‎ Isaiah 14:5 ("" מַטֶּה‎), Genesis 49:10 (poem in J; ("" מְהֹקֵק‎), Zechariah 10:11 (Psalm 45:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 19:11, 14 (made from a branch, מַטֶּה‎); a ruler is שׁ ׳תּוֺמֵךְ‎ Amos 1:5, 8; as symbol of conquest Numbers 24:17 (JE); ׳שׁ בַּרְזֶל‎ Psalm 2:9 (of Messianic king);׳שׁ הָרֶשַׁע‎ 125:3; ׳שׁ עֶבְרָתוֺ‎ Proverbs 22:8 (si vera lectio, compare Frankenb. Toy). — see מִשְׁעֶנֶת מַקֵּל, מַטֶּה,‎.

2 145:tribe (synonymמַטֶּה‎, q. v.

3, p. 641:b), especially

a. of (12) tribes of Israel, Genesis 49:16, 28 (poem in J), Deuteronomy 33:5 (poem), Exodus 24:4 (E), + often [J E 13 t., D 28 t. (מַטֶּה‎ J E D), P 9 t. (compare Gray^{Numbers 4:18}; ׳מ‎150t. + in P); Judges 15 t. (never ׳מ‎), Samuel 14 t. (never ׳מ‎), Kings 13 t,. (׳מ‎2t.), Chronicles 15 t. (׳מ‎23t.), Psalms, 7 t. (never ׳מ‎), prophets 16 t. (׳מ‎ Habakkuk 3:9, very dubious)]; Judges 20:12; 1 Samuel 9:21 read שֵׁבֶט‎ (or שִׁבְטִי‎ Ges^{§ 90} I, We Sta^{§ 343 e} Dr, for שִׁבְטֵי‎), Vrss (GFM^Ju); שִׁבְטֵייָֿהּ‎ Psalm 122:4; נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ שִׁבְטֵי‎ Isaiah 63:17.

b. singular of people (of Judah, late) Psalm 74:2, but Jeremiah 10:16 = 51:19 strike out ׳שׁ ׳נ‎ Gf Gie Du.

c. of subdivision of tribe, ׳שׁ וגו ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺת‎ Numbers 4:18 (P). — 2 Samuel 7:7 read שֹׁפְטֵי‎ (compare 7:11, "" 1 Chronicles 17:6, Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu and others)