שֵׁ֖בֶט

𐤔𐤁𐤈

shevet

rod

from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan; [idiom] correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

H7626

Job 21:9 · Word #5

Lexicon H7626

Lemmaשֵׁבֶט
Lemma (Paleo)𐤔𐤁𐤈
Transliterationshêbeṭ
Strong'sH7626
In-contextrod

Morphology HNcmsc All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H7626-23

branch-staff

Morphological NotesCommon masculine singular noun (absolute or construct state in the cited forms). No pronominal suffix; number and gender are singular masculine.
Rendering RationaleThe noun שֵׁבֶט is a masculine singular form (absolute or construct), so the rendering reflects a singular concrete object. "Branch-staff" preserves the probable root idea of something that branches off (a shoot or offshoot) and its physical expression as a rod or staff, from which the figurative sense of a tribal branch develops.

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Words from Root שבט (branching off, rod, staff, scepter, tribal division)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H7626-01 bashavet in the branch-staff
H7626-02 bashevet with the rod
H3429-01 bashevet with the rod

Word Usage (190 occurrences of H7626)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 49:10 שֵׁ֨בֶט֙ shevet the scepter
Genesis 49:16 שִׁבְטֵ֥י shivetey of the tribes
Genesis 49:28 שִׁבְטֵ֥י shivetey tribes