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STRONGS NUMBER H4133
Transliteration: motah
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-taw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a pole, bar (of a yoke)
Meaning: a pole, an ox-bow, a yoke
Word Summary
motah: a pole, bar (of a yoke)
Original Word: מוֹטָהTransliteration: motah
Phonetic Spelling: (mo-taw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a pole, bar (of a yoke)
Meaning: a pole, an ox-bow, a yoke
Strong's Concordance
bands, heavy, staves, yoke Feminine of mowt; a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative) -- bands, heavy, staves, yoke.
see HEBREW mowt
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4133. motah
מוֺטָה noun feminine pole, bar of yoke, mostly late (compare מוֺט); — ׳מ Jeremiah 28:10 4t.; plural מֹטוֺת etc., absolute 27:2; 1 Chronicles 15:15; construct Ezekiel 30:18 4t.; —
1 pole, plural, staves, for bearing ark 1 Chronicles 15:15.
2 bar of yoke, symbolic, of oppression Jeremiah 27:2 ("" מוֺמֵרוֺת, compare עֹל 27:8; 27:11; 27:12), 28:10, 12 (compare עֹל 28:11); ׳מ עֵץ 28:13; ׳מ בַּרְזֶל 28:13 (compare עֹל 28:14); figurative of oppression, Isaiah 58:6, 9; Ezekiel 30:18; compare (thongs of yoke) מ ׳אֲגֻדּוֺת Isaiah 58:6; עֻלְּכֶם מֹטֹת Leviticus 26:18 compare Ezekiel 34:27. — On form of yoke see SchumacherZPV xii. 1889, 160, BenzArchaeology 207.