{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4294",
  "lemma": "מַטֶּה",
  "transliteration": "maṭṭeh",
  "definition": "a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or…",
  "kjv": "rod, staff, tribe.",
  "occurrences": 252,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5186",
      "lemma": "נָטָה",
      "transliteration": "nâṭâh",
      "meaning": "to stretch or spread out",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5186"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַטֶּה 251 n.m.",
    "1. staff, rod, shaft",
    "2. branch",
    "3. tribe"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:18",
      "text": "He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 38:25",
      "text": "When she was brought out, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, “I am with child by the man who owns these.” She also…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/38?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:2",
      "text": "The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:4",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand, and take it by the tail.” He stretched out his hand, and took hold of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:17",
      "text": "You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:20",
      "text": "Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God’s rod…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 7:9",
      "text": "“When Pharaoh speaks to you, saying, ‘Perform a miracle!’ then you shall tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and cast it down…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 7:10",
      "text": "Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so, as the LORD had commanded. Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 7:12",
      "text": "For they each cast down their rods, and they became serpents; but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 7:15",
      "text": "Go to Pharaoh in the morning. Behold, he is going out to the water. You shall stand by the river’s bank to meet him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=15"
    }
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