{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4731",
  "lemma": "מַקֵּל",
  "transliteration": "maqqêl",
  "definition": "a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)",
  "kjv": "rod, (hand-)staff.",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַקֵּל n.m. rod, staff",
    "1. branch of tree as rod, stick, used by Jacob in breeding his flocks",
    "2. staff, used in journeying",
    "3. wand of diviner"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:37",
      "text": "Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:38",
      "text": "He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=38"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:39",
      "text": "The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=39"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:41",
      "text": "Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the watering…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=41"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 32:11",
      "text": "I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 12:11",
      "text": "This is how you shall eat it: with your belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:27",
      "text": "The donkey saw the LORD’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:40",
      "text": "He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=40"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 17:43",
      "text": "The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 1:11",
      "text": "Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/1?v=11"
    }
  ],
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