Lexical Definition

‎מוֹט‎ môwṭ (mote) yoke ^H:N-M
from ‎מוֹט‎

bar, be moved, staff, yoke.

• a wavering, i.e. fall
• by implication, a pole (as shaking)
• hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)

1) a shaking, wavering, pole, bar of yoke
1a) a shaking, tottering
1b) pole, bar (for carrying)
1c) bar of yoke

See Greek: σάλος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺט‎ noun [masculine] shaking, pole, bar of yoke; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Num 4:10 + 5 t.; suffix ‎מֹטֵ֫הוּ‎ Nah 1:13 —

1. a shaking; tottering (c. negative, of security) ‎לַצַּדִּיק לֹאיִֿתֵּן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 55:23* ‎רַגְלֵנוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎לֹא נָתַן לַמ‎ Ps 66:9, compare Ps 121:3.

2. pole, or bar for carrying (named from springing motion) Num 4:10; Num 4:12 compare especially Num 13:23.

3. bar of yoke Nah 1:13 (‎אֶשְׁבֹּר מֹטֵהוּ מֵעָלַיַךְ‎), figurative of oppression. compare following.

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