King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4731
Transliteration: maqqel or maqqelah
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-kale;)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a rod, staff
Meaning: a shoot, stick
Word Summary
maqqel or maqqelah: a rod, staff
Original Word: מַקֵּלTransliteration: maqqel or maqqelah
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-kale;)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a rod, staff
Meaning: a shoot, stick
Strong's Concordance
rod, handstaff Or (feminine) maqqlah {mak-kel-aw'}; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate; a shoot, i.e. Stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining) -- rod, ((hand-))staff.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4731. maqqel
or maqqelah מַקֵּל noun masculineZechariah 11:7 (apparently feminine Genesis 30:37, where בָּהֶן, but Samaritan בָּהֶם) rod, staff (√ dubious; Thes assumes √ מקל sprout; SchwZAW xi. 1891, 170f. from קלל = shake, with reference to oracle of the lot (compare בַּחִצִּים קִלְקַל Ezekiel 21:36); BarthZMG xii.1887, 616 gives √ קל, and compare stick driven by another, in sport; FräZA iii. 52, compare Ethiopic growth, stem, palm-tree (interchange of ב and מ)); — ׳מ absolute Numbers 22:27; construct Jeremiah 1:11 2t., מַקַּל Genesis 30:37; suffix מַקְלִי 32:11 2t.; מַקְלוֺ 1 Samuel 17:40; Hosea 4:12; מַקֶּלְכֶם Exodus 12:11; plural absolute מַקְלוֺת Genesis 30:37 6t.; —
1 branch of tree as rod, stick, used by Jacob in breeding his flocks, Genesis 30:37 (׳מ לַח לִבְנֶה), 30:37; 30:38; 30:39; 30:41; 30:41; of symbolic rod (׳מ שָׁקֵד almond-rod) in Jeremiah's vision Jeremiah 1:11; symbolic rods or staves, with names, used by prophets Zechariah 11:7, 10, 14; figurative of Moab ׳מ תִּבְּאָרָה Jeremiah 48:17 ("" מַטֵּהעֹֿז).
2 staff, used in journeying Genesis 32:11; Exodus 12:11; 1 Samuel 17:40 compare 17:43; carried even when riding Numbers 22:27; so also יָד מַקֵּל Ezekiel 39:9 (= riding-stick) according to Hi Da Berthol; < a weapon ( + רֹמַח חִצִּים, קֶשֶׁת, צִנָּה, מָגֵּן,.
3 wand of diviner Hosea 4:12.