שֵׁבֶט

1. rod, staff, club, sceptre.

2. tribe; — ׳שׁ absolute 1 Mos 49,10+, construct 1 Sam 10,20 +; שָׁ֑טֶ 5 Mos 1,23 +; sf שִׁבְטוֺ Dom 21,24+, etc.; plural שְׁבָטִים 1 Kong 11,31 +, construct שִׁבְטֵי 1 Mos 49,16 +, sf שְׁבָטֶיךָ 5 Mos 12,14 +, etc.; —

1.a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especially׳הִכָּה בַשּׁ) 2 Mos 21,20 (E), Mik 4,14; Es 10,15 (in simile; || מַטֶּה), Ord 10,13 +; מוּסָר ׳שׁ compare Ord 29,15 for beating (חָבַט) cummin Es 28,27 (|| מַטֶּה); as (inferior) weapon (opposed to חֲנִית) 2 Sam 23,21= 1 Kron 11,3 (compareמַקֵּל 1 Sam 17,40; 1 Sam 17,43); figurative of ׳י's chastisement: national Es 10,24; Es 30,31 (both || מַטֶּה), Es 14,29, אַפִּי ׳שׁ Es 10,5 עֶבְרָתוֺ ׳שׁ Klg 3,1 individual Job 9,34; Job 21,9 (אֱלוֺהַּ ׳שׁ), Job 37,13, 2 Sam 7,14 (אֲנָשִׁים ׳שׁ, i.e. not in-human), Sl 89,33 (both || נְגָעִים).
\ \ b. shaft, i.e. spear, dart, 2 Sam 18,14, but < read שְׁלָחִים ᵐ5 βέλη Th We Kit HPS Bu.
\ \ c. shepherd's implement, club, Sl 23,4 (|| מִשְׁעֶנֶת), ׳רְעֵה בְשׁ Mik 7,14 (both figurative of ׳י); used in mustering or counting sheep Ezk 20,37 (figurative), 3 Mos 27,32 (compare Jer 33,13), see Mackie^{Hast. DB RoD}
\ \ d. truncheon, sceptre, mark of authority, סֹפֵר ׳שׁ Dom 5,14, משְׁלִים ׳שׁ Es 14,5 (|| מַטֶּה), 1 Mos 49,10 (poem in J; (|| מְהֹקֵק), Zak 10,11 (Sl 45,7 (twice in verse); Ezk 19,11; Ezk 19,14 (made from a branch, מַטֶּה); a ruler is ׳תּוֺמֵךְ שׁ Amos 1,5; Amos 1,8 as symbol of conquest 4 Mos 24,17 (JE); בַּרְזֶל ׳שׁ Sl 2,9 (of Messianic king);הָרֶשַׁע ׳שׁ Sl 125,3 עֶבְרָתוֺ ׳שׁ Ord 22,8 (si vera lectio, compare Frankenb. Toy). — see מַטֶּה, מַקֵּל, מִשְׁעֶנֶת.

2. 145:tribe (synonymמַטֶּה, q. v. 3, p. 641:b), especially
\ \ a. of (12) tribes of Israel, 1 Mos 49,16; 1 Mos 49,28 (poem in J), 5 Mos 33,5 (poem), 2 Mos 24,4 (E), + often [J E 13 t., D 28 t. (מַטֶּה J E D), P 9 t. (compare Gray^{4 Mos 4,18}; ׳מ 150 t. + in P); Dom 15,1–200 t. (never ׳מ), Samuel 14 t. (never ׳מ), Kings 13 t,. (׳מ 2 t.), Chronicles 15 t. (׳מ 23 t.), Psalms, 7 t. (never ׳מ), prophets 16 t. (׳מ Hab 3,9, very dubious)]; Dom 20,12; 1 Sam 9,21 read שֵׁבֶט (or שִׁבְטִי Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90} I, We Sta^{§ 343 e} Dr, for שִׁבְטֵי), Vrss (GFM^Ju); שִׁבְטֵייָֿהּ Sl 122,4 שִׁבְטֵי נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ Es 63,17.
\ \ b. singular of people (of Judah, late) Sl 74,2, but Jer 10,16 = Jer 51,19 strike out ׳נ ׳שׁ Gf Gie Du.
\ \ c. of subdivision of tribe, ׳מִשְׁפְּחוֺת וגו ׳שׁ 4 Mos 4,18 (P). — 2 Sam 7,7 read שֹׁפְטֵי (compare v2 Sam 7,11, || 1 Kron 17,6, Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu and others)