מַטּוֹתָֽ/ם

𐤌𐤈𐤅𐤕/𐤌

matotam

of their staffs

or (feminine) מַטָּה; from נָטָה; 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); rod, staff, tribe.

H4294

Numbers 17:21 · Word #24

Lexicon H4294

Lemmaמַטֶּה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤌𐤈𐤄
Transliterationmaṭṭeh
Strong'sH4294
In-contextof their staffs

Morphology HNcmpc/Sp3mp All morphology codes

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

SIBI-P1 H4294-13

their branch-staffs

Rootנטה (n-ṭ-h)
Core Meaningsto stretch out, extend, incline, spread out
Semantic Rangestaff, rod, walking stick, shepherd’s staff; scepter (symbol of rule); branch; tribe (as an offshoot or extension of a family line); figuratively, support or means of sustenance.
Conceptual SignificanceThe term links physical extension (a staff or branch) with social extension (a tribe as an offshoot of a patriarch). In biblical thought, the “staff” can symbolize authority, guidance, correction, or identity, while “tribe” expresses covenantal structure—each tribe an extended branch of Israel’s ancestral root.
Morphological NotesMasculine plural noun in construct (מַטּוֹת) from מַטֶּה, with 3mp pronominal suffix (־ָם), yielding “their ….” Derived from the root נטה (“to stretch out, extend”).
Rendering Rationaleמַטּוֹתָם is a masculine plural construct form with a 3rd person masculine plural suffix, literally “the staffs/branches of them,” hence “their branch-staffs.” The rendering preserves the root idea of extension (נטה, "to stretch out")—a staff or tribe as something extended or branching out—while accurately reflecting the masculine plural form and the "their" suffix.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root נטה (to stretch out, extend, incline, spread out)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5186-01 ateh I will stretch out
H4294-01 bamateh in the staff
H4294-02 bematehu with his extending-staff
H4294-03 bematekha with your extending-staff
H5186-02 binetoti in my stretching out
H4294-04 hamateh the extended-branch
H4294-05 hamatot the branch-tribes
H4296-01 hamitah the stretched-out couch
H4296-02 hamitot the stretch-out beds
H5186-03 hanetuyah the stretched-out (feminine singular)
H5186-04 hanoteh the one stretching out
H5186-05 hat Stretch out!
H5186-06 hateh Cause to stretch out!
H5186-07 hati Cause to stretch out!
H5186-08 hatu Stretch out!
H5186-09 hitah he caused to stretch out
H5186-10 hitahu he caused him to stretch out
H5186-11 hitatu she caused him to bend aside
H5186-12 hititem you men caused to turn aside
H5186-13 hititi I have caused to stretch out
H5186-14 hitu they caused to turn aside
H5186-15 kinetot at stretching-out
H5186-16 kinetoto when his stretching-out
H4294-06 lamateh to the extending-tribe
H5186-17 lehatot to cause to turn aside
H5186-18 lehatotah to cause her to turn aside
H4295-01 lematah to-downward
H4294-07 lemateh to the branch-tribe (m.s.)
H4294-08 lematot to the branch-tribes of
H5186-19 linetot to stretch out
H4295-02 matah downward
H4294-09 mateh branch-staff
H4294-10 matehu his staff-branch
H4294-11 matekha your extending-rod
H4294-12 matot tribal branches
H4295-03 milematah from the downward-place
H4294-14 mimateh from a branch-tribe
H4294-15 mimatot from the stretched-branches of
H4296-03 mitah a stretched-out couch
H4296-04 mitato his stretched-out bed
H4296-05 mitot stretched-out couches of
H4297-01 muteh a bending-aside
H5186-20 natah he stretched out
H5186-21 natayu they bent away
H5186-22 natetah she stretched out
H5186-23 natita you stretched out
H5186-24 natiti I have stretched out
H5186-25 natu they stretched out
H5186-26 natuy stretched-out
H5186-27 neteh Stretch out!
H5186-28 netot to stretch out / to bend aside
H5186-29 netuyah stretched-out (feminine singular)
H5186-30 netuyot outstretched (feminine plural)
H5186-31 nitayu they were stretched out
H5186-32 niteh we will stretch out
H5186-33 noteh the one stretching out
H5186-34 ntvvt stretched-out (feminine plural)
H5186-35 ntvy stretched-out (of)
H5186-36 tat may you cause to incline
H5186-37 tateh you will cause to stretch out
H5186-38 titeh she will bend aside
H4295-04 ulematah and toward the downward-direction
H4294-16 ulemateh and for the branch-tribe of
H4294-17 umateh and rod-of
H4294-18 umatehu and his outstretched-rod
H4294-19 umatekha and your extending staff
H5186-39 umatey and those causing to turn aside
H4294-20 umimateh and from the branch-tribe of
H5186-40 uneteh and stretch out!
H5186-41 vaat and I will cause-to-stretch-out
H4294-21 vamateh with the outstretched staff
H5186-42 vatatehu and she caused him to stretch out
H5186-43 vatet and she bent aside
H5186-44 vayat and he stretched out
H5186-45 vayatehu and he caused him to bend aside
H5186-46 vayatu and they caused to bend aside
H5186-47 vayet and he stretched out
H5186-48 vayitu and they bent aside
H5186-49 veat and I cause to stretch out
H4294-22 vehamateh and the extending staff
H5186-50 vehamatim and the ones causing to turn aside
H5186-51 vehati and cause to stretch out
H5186-52 vehatu and you all stretch out!
H4294-23 vematayv with his outstretched-rods
H4294-24 vemateh and branch-tribe of
H4294-25 vematehu with his extending-rod
H5186-53 venatah and he stretched out
H5186-54 venatiti and I stretched out
H5186-55 venoteyhem and those stretching them out
H5186-56 veyet and he will stretch out
veyutah and Yuttah (the Extended Place)
H5186-57 yateh he will cause to stretch out
H5186-58 yatekha may he cause you to bend aside
H5186-59 yatenu he causes it to stretch out
H5186-60 yatu they cause to turn aside
H5186-61 yinateh he will be bent aside
H5186-62 yinatu they will be stretched out
H5186-63 yiteh he will stretch out
H3194-01 yutah Outstretched (Town)

Word Usage (252 occurrences of H4294)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 38:18 וּ/מַטְּ/ךָ֖ umatekha and your staff
Genesis 38:25 וְ/הַ/מַּטֶּ֖ה vehamateh and the staff
Exodus 4:2 מַטֶּֽה mateh a staff
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