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a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe Original Word: מַטֶּהTransliteration: matteh or mattah Phonetic Spelling: (mat-teh') Short Definition: rod
from natah Definition a staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe NASB Word Usage branch (3), branches (1), half-tribe* (13), rod (18), rods (6), scepter (2), spears (1), staff (33), staffs (1), supply (1), tribal (8), tribe (140), tribes (20). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
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
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