מַקֵּל

n.m. Zc 11:7 (appar. f. Gn 30:37, where בָּהֶן, but Sam. בָּהֶם) rod, staff (√ dub.; Thes assumes √ מקל sprout; Schwally ZAW xi. 1891, 170 f. from קלל=shake, with ref. to oracle of the lot (cf. קִלְקַל בַּחִצִּים Ez 21:26); Ba ZMG xii. 1887, 616 gives √ קל, and comp. قُلَةٌ stick driven by another, in sport; Frä ZA iii. 52, comp. Ethiopic በቀልት growth, stem, palm-tree (interchange of ב and מ));—מ׳ abs. Nu 22:27; cstr. Je 1:11 + 2 times; מַקַּל Gn 30:37; sf. מַקְלִי 32:11 + 2 times; מַקְלוֹ 1 S 17:40 Ho 4:12; מַקֶּלְכֶם Ex 12:11; pl. abs. מַקְלוֹת Gn 30:37 + 6 times;— branch of tree as rod, stick, used by Jacob in breeding his flocks, Gn 30:37 (מ׳ לִבְנֶה לַח), v 37, 38, 39, 41(×2); of symbolic rod (מ׳ שָׁקֵד almond-rod) in Jerem.’s vision Je 1:11; symbolic rods or staves, with names, used by proph. Zc 11:7, 10, 14; fig. of Moab מ׳ תִּפְאָרָת Je 48:17 (‖ מַטֵּה־עֹז). staff, used in journeying Gn 32:11 Ex 12:11, 1 S 17:40 cf. v 43; carried even when riding Nu 22:27; so also מַקֵּל יָד Ez 39:9 (=riding-stick) according to Hi Da Berthol; מָגֵן, צִנָּה, קֶשֶׁת, חִצִּים, רֹמַח). wand of diviner Ho 4:12.