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1 Chronicles 6:65
“And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.” (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
- מִ֨ — preposition
- מַּטֵּה — 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.