Strong's Lexicon

H4133

H4133 — מוֹטָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmowtahnoun femOccurrences: 12TWOT: 1158b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4133
Word:	מוֹטָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H4132
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	12
Transliteration:	mowtah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mo-taw'
Meaning:	1. a pole 2. (by implication) an ox-bow 3. (hence) a yoke (either literal or figurative)
KJV Renderings:	bands, heavy, staves, yoke.

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מוֺטָה noun feminine pole, bar (of yoke), mostly late (compare מוֺט); — ׳ מ Jer 28:10 + 4 t.; plural מֹטוֺת etc., absolute Jer 27:2; 1Chr 15:15 construct Ezek 30:18 + 4 t.; —

1. pole, plural, staves, for bearing ark 1Chr 15:15.

2. bar of yoke, symbolic, of oppression Jer 27:2 (|| מוֺמֵרוֺת, compare עֹל Jer 27:8 v Jer 27:11 Jer 27:12 ), Jer 28:10 ; Jer 28:12 (compare עֹל Jer 28:11); עֵץ ׳ מ Jer 28:13 בַּרְזֶל ׳ מ Jer 28:13 (compare עֹל Jer 28:14); figurative of oppression, Isa 58:6 ; Isa 58:9 ; Ezek 30:18 compare (thongs of yoke) ׳ אֲגֻדּוֺת מ Isa 58:6 מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם Lev 26:18 compare Ezek 34:27. — On form of yoke see Schumacher^{ZPV xii. 1889, 160,} Benz^{Archaeology 207}.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מוטה (h-t)

Leviticus 26:18

KJV: And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

EHCC: 1 have broken the bands of your yoke

Isaiah 58:6

KJV: Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?the heavy…: Heb. the bundles of the yokeoppressed: Heb. broken

EHCC: to undo the Aeavy burdens, (marg. bundle

Jeremiah 27:2

KJV: Thus saith the Lord to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,saith…: or, hath the Lord said

EHCC: Make thee bonds and yokes,

Jeremiah 28:10

KJV: Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

EHCC: Hananiah the prophet took the yoke

Ezekiel 30:18

KJV: At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.darkened: or, restrained

EHCC: 1 shall break there ee of Egypt:

Ezekiel 34:27

KJV: And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.

EHCC: 1 have broken the bunds of their yoke,

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