From mowt; a wavering, i.e. Fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole) -- bar, be moved, staff, yoke.
see HEBREW mowt
H4132. mot
מוֺט noun [masculine] shaking, pole, bar of yoke; — absolute ׳מ Numbers 4:10 5t.; suffix מֹטֵ֫הוּ Nahum 1:13; —
1 a shaking; tottering (c. negative, of security) ׳מ לֹאיִֿתֵּן לַצַּדִּיק Psalm 55:23; לַמ נָתַן ׳לֹא רַגְלֵנוּ 66:9, compare 121:3.
2 pole, or bar for carrying (named from springing motion) Numbers 4:10, 12 compare especially 13:23.
3 bar of yoke Nahum 1:13 (מֵעָלַיַךְ מֹטֵהוּ אֶשְׁבֹּר), figurative of oppression. compare following.