# H4731 מַקֵּל

מַקֵּל (maqqêl), Strong’s H4731: a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining) KJV: rod, (hand-)staff.. Occurs 18 times.

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*maqqêl* — a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)

KJV: rod, (hand-)staff.

Occurs 18 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 30:37](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=37) — Jacob took to himself rods of fresh poplar, almond, and plane tree, peeled white streaks in them, and made the white…
- [Genesis 30:38](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=38) — He set the rods which he had peeled opposite the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. They…
- [Genesis 30:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=39) — The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
- [Genesis 30:41](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=41) — Whenever the stronger of the flock conceived, Jacob laid the rods in front of the eyes of the flock in the watering…
- [Genesis 32:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=11) — I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant…
- [Exodus 12:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/12?v=11) — 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…
- [Numbers 22:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=27) — The donkey saw the LORD’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with…
- [1 Samuel 17:40](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=40) — 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…
- [1 Samuel 17:43](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=43) — The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
- [Jeremiah 1:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/1?v=11) — Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I said, “I see a branch of an almond tree.”