Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4133
מוֹטָה
motahmo-taw'
yoke
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: môwṭâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4133is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4133
a pole; by implication, an ox-bow; hence, a yoke (either literal or figurative)
The King James renders it: bands, heavy, staves, yoke.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
motah is rendered "yoke". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Five of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 26:13I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
Leviticus 26:13מֹטֹ֣ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Five of the word's twelve uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- yoke-bar3
- yoke-bars of3
- bars of2
- the yoke-bar2
- and yoke-bars1
- with the poles1
The words built on the same word-part
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמּוֹטָ֔ה2
- מֹט֣וֹת2
- בַּמֹּט֖וֹת1
- וּמֹט֑וֹת1
- מוֹטָ֑ה1
- מוֹטָ֖ה1
- מוֹטָ֔ה1
- מוֹטֹ֥ת1
- מֹט֥וֹת1
- מֹטֹ֣ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)5HNcfpc
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural1HC/Ncfpa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1HRd/Ncfpa
Leviticus
one use
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk in uprightness.
- מֹטֹ֣תmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bars of
1 Chronicles
one use
And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
- בַּמֹּט֖וֹתbamototpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with the poles
Isaiah
three uses
Isn’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?
- מוֹטָ֑הmotahnoun · feminine singulartagged: yoke-bar
- מוֹטָ֖הmotahnoun · feminine singulartagged: yoke-bar
Then 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,
- מוֹטָ֔הmotahnoun · feminine singulartagged: yoke-bar
Jeremiah
five uses
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
- וּמֹט֑וֹתumototconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and yoke-bars
Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
- הַמּוֹטָ֔הhamotahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the yoke-bar
But shortly after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke off his neck, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
- הַמּוֹטָ֔הhamotahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the yoke-bar
“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.’
- מוֹטֹ֥תmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: yoke-bars of
- מֹט֥וֹתmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: yoke-bars of
Ezekiel
two uses
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.
- מֹט֣וֹתmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: yoke-bars 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.
- מֹט֣וֹתmototnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: bars of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.