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H4294

H4294 — מַטֶּה מַטָּה

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

Hebrewmattehnoun mascOccurrences: 252TWOT: 1352b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4294
Word:מַטֶּה מַטָּה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H5186
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:252
Transliteration:matteh
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mat-teh' (or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. a branch (as extending) 2. (figuratively) a tribe 3. also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff 4. (figuratively) a support of life, e.g. bread)
KJV Renderings:rod, staff, tribe.

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מַטֶּה251 noun masculine Exod 4:17 (feminine Mic 6:9 according to ᵑ0 , but dubious, see below)

1. staff, rod, shaft.
2. branch.
3. tribe
( Eccl 48:2 staff, Eccl 45:6; Eccl 45:25 tribe); — absolute ׳ מ Gen 38:25 +; construct מַטַּה Exod 4:20 +; suffix מַטְּךָ Gen 38:18 + 5 t., מַטֶּ֑ךָ Exod 8:1, מַטֵּ֫הוּ Isa 10:24 + 10 t.; plural מַטּוֺת 1Kgs 8:1 +, etc.; suffix מַטּוֺחָם Exod 7:12; Num 17:21 also מַטָּיו Hab 3:14 (but read מַטֶּיךָ or — Gr — מַטֹּתֶיךָ); —
1. (compare מַקֵּל, שֵׁבֶט) staff of traveller Gen 38:18 ; Gen 38:25 ( J ); in general Isa 10:15 (simile; || שֵׁבֶט); from staff as support comes figurative מַטֵּהלֶֿחֶם staff of bread (food supply) Ezek 4:16; Ezek 5:16; Ezek 14:13; Lev 26:26; Ps 105:16 of staff or rod, Moses as shepherd Exod 4:2; Exod 4:4; Exod 7:15 ( J ), Exod 4:17 ; Exod 7:17; Exod 7:20; Exod 9:23; Exod 10:13; Exod 17:5 (all E ); compare also Isa 10:26; Exod 14:16; Num 20:8; Num 20:9; Num 20:11 (all P ); called הָאֱלֹהִים ׳ מ Exod 4:20; Exod 17:9 (both E ), because of miraculous power connected with it; compare mirac. rod of Aaron Exod 7:9; Exod 7:10; Exod 7:12; Exod 7:19; Exod 8:1; Exod 8:12; Exod 8:13 (all P ), and of Egyptian magicians Exod 7:12 (twice in verse) ( P ); compare Aaron's rod that budded Num 17:18; Num 17:21; Num 17:23; Num 17:25 (compare RSSemitic i. 180; 2d ed. 197); carried even by warrior 1Sam 14:27; 1Sam 14:43 מַטֵּה שִׁכְמוֺ Isa 9:3 i.e. rod that strikes his shoulder, task-master's rod (|| שֵׁבֶט הַנֹּגֵשׂ בּוֺ), compare Isa 10:5 and Isa 10:24; Isa 14:5 (|| שֵׁבֶט ), all figurative of oppression; מַטֵּה מוּסָדָה Isa 30:32 appointed rod (of punishment); compare ׳ מ Ezek 7:10; Ezek 7:11 (but text obscure, Co — q. v. — sceptre), also Mic 6:9 according to ᵑ0 , but see below 3; used in beating out (חבט) fennel Isa 28:27 staff as badge of leader or ruler מַטֵּהעֹֿז Jer 48:17 (|| מַקֵּל), compare Ps 110:2 so Num 17:17 (4 t. in verse) + 10 t. Num 17 apparently shafts, i.e. arrows or spears, Hab 3:9; Hab 3:14 (compare Now Da GASm).
2. branch of vine Ezek 19:11; Ezek 19:12; Ezek 19:14 (twice in verse).
3. tribe (183 t.), originally company led by chief with staff: specifically of tribes of Israel in both singular and plural, 1Kgs 7:14; 1Kgs 8:1 = 2Chr 5:2; Exod 31:2 + 5 t. Exodus; Lev 24:11; Num 1:4 + 89 t. Numbers; Josh 7:1 + 56 t. Joshua (all P ); 1Chr 6:45 + 21 t. 1Chr 6; 1Chr 12:31 probably also Mic 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.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מטה (mat-teh’)

Genesis 38:18

KJV: And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
EHCC: Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff

Genesis 7:9

KJV: There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
EHCC: Take thy rod, and east (it)

Genesis 17:1

KJV: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.perfect: or, upright, or, sincere
EHCC: will smite with the rod

Genesis 8:5

KJV: And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.decreased…: Heb. were in going and decreasing
EHCC: (1). Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod

Genesis 9:23

KJV: And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.
EHCC: & 10:13. Moses stretched forth his rod

Genesis 14:16

KJV: And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
EHCC: But lift thou up thy rod,

Genesis 17:5

KJV: Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.Abraham: that is, Father of a great multitude
EHCC: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the

Genesis 81:2

EHCC: of the tribe of Judah:

Genesis 85:30

EHCC: of the tribe of Judah ;

Genesis 88:22

EHCC: of the tribe of Judah,

Genesis 26:26

KJV: Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
EHCC: 1 have broken the staff of your bread

Numbers 1:4

KJV: And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
EHCC: there shall be a man of every tribe;

Numbers 2:5

KJV: And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar.
EHCC: the tribe of Issachar: ..

Numbers 3:6

KJV: Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
EHCC: Bring the tribe of Levi near,

Numbers 7:2

KJV: That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:and were: Heb. who stood
EHCC: the princes of the tribes,

Numbers 10:15

KJV: And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
EHCC: the tribe of the children of Issachar

Numbers 13:2

KJV: Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.
EHCC: of every tribe ¥ their fathers shal] ye send

Numbers 17:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.
EHCC: (17). take of every one of them a peal

Numbers 18:8

KJV: And the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
EHCC: thy rethren also of the tribe of Levi,

Numbers 20:8

KJV: Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
EHCC: Take the rod, and gather thou

Numbers 26:55

KJV: Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
EHCC: the tribes of their fathers

Numbers 31:4

KJV: Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.Of…: Heb. A thousand of a tribe, a thousand of a tribe
EHCC: every tribe ( . A thousand of a

Numbers 82:28

EHCC: the tribes of the children of Israel:

Numbers 33:54

KJV: And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man’s inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.give the more…: Heb. multiply his inheritancegive the less…: Heb. diminish his inheritance
EHCC: according to the tribes of your fathers

Numbers 34:13

KJV: And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
EHCC: t0 give we the nine tribes, and to the

Joshua 13:15

KJV: And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.
EHCC: gave unto the tribe of the chiléren of |

Joshua 14:1

KJV: And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them.
EHCC: the tribes of the children of Israel, 4

Joshua 15:1

KJV: This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
EHCC: 21. of the tribe of the children of Judah |

Joshua 18:11

KJV: And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
EHCC: the tribe of the children of Benjamin |

Joshua 19:1

KJV: And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
EHCC: for the tribe of the children of Simewa

Joshua 20:8

KJV: And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
EHCC: ont of the tribe of Reuben,

Joshua 21:1

KJV: Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel;
EHCC: the ¢ribes of the children of Isee!;

Joshua 22:1

KJV: Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
EHCC: and the half éribe of Manasseh,

1 Samuel 14:27

KJV: But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
EHCC: put forth the end of the rod

1 Kings 7:14

KJV: He was a widow’s son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.a widow’s…: Heb. the son of a widow woman
EHCC: 8 widow's aon of the tribe of Sepa

1 Kings 12:81

EHCC: And of the half tribe of |

2 Chronicles 5:2

KJV: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
EHCC: all the heads of the tribes, |

Psalms 105:16

KJV: Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
EHCC: he brake the whole maf of weds .

Psalms 110:2

KJV: The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
EHCC: 'The Lord shail send the rod of thy qo |

Isaiah 9:4

KJV: For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.For…: or, When thou brakest
EHCC: (3).thou bast broken....the aff" |

Isaiah 10:24

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.and shall…: or, but he shall lift up his staff for
EHCC: and shall lift up Ais inst

Jeremiah 48:17

KJV: All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod!
EHCC: How is the strong afte oe

Micah 6:9

KJV: The Lord’s voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.the man…: or, thy name shall see that which is
EHCC: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed

Habakkuk 3:9

KJV: Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.earth…: or, rivers of the earth
EHCC: (according) to the oaths of the tribes,
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