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title: מוֹטָה — pole · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוֹטָה (4133), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: pole. BDB 1906: n.f. pole, bar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוֹטָה

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«מוֹטָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pole** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 12 times · **Key:** 4133 · **BDB:** מוֹטָה

### Glosses

yoke-bar (3); yoke-bars (3); the.bars (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4133/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. pole, bar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4133/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. pole, bar of yoke, mostly late (cf. מוֹט);—מ׳ Je 28:10 + 4 times; pl. מֹטוֹת etc., abs. Je 27:2 1 Ch 15:15; cstr. Ez 30:18 + 4 times;— pole, pl., staves, for bearing ark 1 Ch 15:15. bar of yoke, symb., of oppression Je 27:2 (‖ מוֹסֵרוֹת, cf. עֹל v 8, 11, 12), 28:10, 12 (cf. עֹל v 11); מ׳ עֵץ 28:13; מ׳ בַּרְזֶל v 13 (cf. עֹל v 14); fig. of oppression, Is 58:6, 9 Ez 30:18; cf. (thongs of yoke) אֲגֻדּוֹת מ׳ Is 58:6; מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם Lv 26:13 cf. Ez 34:27.—On form of yoke v. SchumacherZPV xii. 1889, 160, BenzArch. 207.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוֹטָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4133/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 27:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.27.2/)

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כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י עֲשֵׂ֣ה לְךָ֔ מוֹסֵר֖וֹת וּמֹט֑וֹת וּנְתַתָּ֖ם עַל־צַוָּארֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* thus he.said Yahweh to me make for yourself fetters and yoke-bars and you will.put.them on neck your

*JPS 1917:* 'Thus saith the LORD to me: Make thee bands and bars, and put them upon thy neck;

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[Jeremiah 28:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.28.10/)

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וַיִּקַּ֞ח חֲנַנְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙ אֶת־הַמּוֹטָ֔ה מֵעַ֕ל צַוַּ֖אר יִרְמְיָ֣ה הַנָּבִ֑יא וַֽיִּשְׁבְּרֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Hananiah the prophet (et) the yoke-bar from on the.neck of.Jeremiah the prophet and he broke.it

*JPS 1917:* Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.

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