Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁעֵנָה‎ mishʻênâh (mish-ay-naw') support ^H:N-F
or מִשְׁעֶנֶת mishʻeneth (mish-eh'-neth); feminine of ‎מִשְׁעֵן‎

staff.

• support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stick

1) support (of every kind), staff

See Greek: κυριεύω · ῥάβδος

Extended Information

• staff

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַשְׁעֵנָה‎ noun feminine id., see foregoing (masculine and feminine to exhaust the category = support of every kind).

‎מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת‎ noun feminine staff; — absolute Judg 6:21; 2Kgs 4:31 construct 2Kgs 18:20 +; suffix ‎מִשְׁעַנְתּוֺ‎ Exod 21:19; Zech 8:4, etc.; plural suffix ‎מִשְׁעֲנֹתָם‎ Num 21:18 — staff, Exod 21:19 (E) Num 21:18 (J) Judg 6:21; 2Kgs 4:28; 2Kgs 4:29 2:31; Zech 8:4 figurative of political support, ‎מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ‎ 2Kgs 18:21 = Isa 36:6, compare Ezek 29:6 of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as shepherd Ps 23:4 (+‎שֵׁבֶט‎).

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