Lexical Definition

‎מוֹטָה‎ môwṭâh (mo-taw') yoke ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎מוֹט‎

bands, heavy, staves, yoke.

• a pole
• by implication, an ox-bow
• hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)

1) pole, bar of yoke
1a) pole
1b) bar of yoke
1b1) of oppression (fig.)

See Greek: δεσμόν · σύνδεσμος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מוֺטָה‎ noun feminine pole, bar of yoke, mostly late (compare ‎מוֺט‎); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 28:10 + 4 t.; plural ‎מֹטוֺת‎ etc., absolute Jer 27:2; 1Chr 15:15 construct Ezek 30:18 + 4 t.; —

1. pole, plural, staves, for bearing ark 1Chr 15:15.

2. bar of yoke, symbolic, of oppression Jer 27:2 (|| ‎מוֺמֵרוֺת‎, compare ‎עֹל‎ vJer 27:8 vJer 27:11 vJer 27:12), Jer 28:10; Jer 28:12 (compare ‎עֹל‎ vJer 28:11); ‎עֵץ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 28:13 ‎בַּרְזֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ vJer 28:13 (compare ‎עֹל‎ vJer 28:14); figurative of oppression, Isa 58:6; Isa 58:9; Ezek 30:18 compare (thongs of yoke) ‎׳‎‎אֲגֻדּוֺת מ‎ Isa 58:6 ‎מֹטֹת עֻלְּכֶם‎ Lev 26:18 compare Ezek 34:27. — On form of yoke see Schumacher^{ZPV xii. 1889, 160,} Benz^{Archaeology 207}.

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