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1 Chronicles 6:57
“And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4294 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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)
- Derivation
- or (feminine) מַטָּה; from H5186 (נָטָה);
- KJV renderings
- rod, staff, tribe.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מִ — preposition
- מַּטֵּ֣ה — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 252 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 38:18Genesis 38:25Exodus 4:2Exodus 4:4Exodus 4:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַטֶּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.