מַטֶּה

mat.teh · tribe

Hebrew · Strong's H4294 · Noun · Sounds like: mat-teh' · 252 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • tribe H4294H 184
  • tribe: rod H4294G · a Meaning of 56
  • tribe: stick H4294J · a Meaning of 5
  • tribe: supply H4294K · a Meaning of 5
  • tribe: arrow H4294I · a Meaning of 2

Strong's dictionary

or (feminine) מַטָּה; from נָטָה; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מַטֶּה 251 n.m.
1. staff, rod, shaft
2. branch
3. tribe

Every occurrence

  1. Numbers 17:2 מַטֶּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

  2. Numbers 17:2 מַטֶּה֩ ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

  3. Numbers 17:2 מַטּ֑וֹת ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

  4. Numbers 17:2 מַטֵּֽהוּ׃ ma.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

  5. Numbers 17:3 מַטֵּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

  6. Numbers 17:3 מַטֶּ֣ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses.

  7. Numbers 17:5 מַטֵּ֣הוּ ma.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it shall come to pass, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you.

  8. Numbers 17:6 מַטֶּה֩ ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

  9. Numbers 17:6 מַטֶּ֨ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

  10. Numbers 17:6 מַטּ֑וֹת ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

  11. Numbers 17:6 וּמַטֵּ֥ה u.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

  12. Numbers 17:6 מַטּוֹתָֽם׃ ma.to.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses spake unto the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods.

  13. Numbers 17:7 הַמַּטֹּ֖ת ha.ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.

  14. Numbers 17:8 מַטֵּֽה־ ma.teh- · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and bare ripe almonds.

  15. Numbers 17:9 הַמַּטֹּת֙ ha.ma.Tot · A person, place or thing

    And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

  16. Numbers 17:9 מַטֵּֽהוּ׃ ס ma.Te.hu · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Moses brought out all the rods from before Jehovah unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

  17. Numbers 17:10 מַטֵּ֤ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not.

  18. Numbers 18:2 מַטֵּ֨ה ma.Teh · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony.

  19. Numbers 20:8 הַמַּטֶּ֗ה ha.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the congregation and their cattle drink.

  20. Numbers 20:9 הַמַּטֶּ֖ה ha.ma.Teh · A person, place or thing

    And Moses took the rod from before Jehovah, as he commanded him.

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