Word Study · Strong's H4133 · Hebrew
מוֹטָה
motah
mo-taw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: môwṭâh
“a pole”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)
Rendered in the KJV as
bands, heavy, staves, yoke.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- הַמּוֹטָ֔ה2
- מֹט֣וֹת2
- בַּמֹּט֖וֹת1
- וּמֹט֑וֹת1
- מוֹטָ֑ה1
- מוֹטָ֖ה1
- מוֹטָ֔ה1
- מוֹטֹ֥ת1
- מֹט֥וֹת1
- מֹטֹ֣ת1
How it is rendered · 8
- [the] bars of2
- [the] yoke-bar2
- the yoke-bar2
- yoke-bars of2
- [the] yoke-bars of1
- and yoke-bars1
- with the poles1
- yoke-bar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)5
- noun · feminine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfpc · 5
- HNcfsa · 3
- HTd/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Ncfpa · 1
- HRd/Ncfpa · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah5 of 12 · 42%
- Isaiah3 of 12 · 25%
- Ezekiel2 of 12 · 17%
- Leviticus1 of 12 · 8%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 12 · 8%
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Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 58:6מוֹטָ֑הmotahnoun · feminine singularIsn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?here: [the] yoke-bar
- Isaiah 58:6מוֹטָ֖הmotahnoun · feminine singularIsn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?here: yoke-bar
- Isaiah 58:9מוֹטָ֔הmotahnoun · feminine singularThen you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,here: [the] yoke-bar
Jeremiah5 occurrences
- Jeremiah 27:2וּמֹט֑וֹתumototconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluralThis is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.here: and yoke-bars
- Jeremiah 28:10הַמּוֹטָ֔הhamotahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularThen the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.here: the yoke-bar
- Jeremiah 28:12הַמּוֹטָ֔הhamotahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singularBut shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:here: the yoke-bar
- Jeremiah 28:13מוֹטֹ֥תmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’here: yoke-bars of
- Jeremiah 28:13מֹט֥וֹתmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’here: yoke-bars of
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 30:18מֹט֣וֹתmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.here: [the] yoke-bars of
- Ezekiel 34:27מֹט֣וֹתmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.here: [the] bars of