tribe 4294 ## matteh {mat-teh'}; or (feminine) mattah {mat-taw'}; from 5186; a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walking (a staff; figuratively, a support of life, e.g. bread): -- rod, staff, {tribe}.[ql tribe 7625 ## she@bat (Aramaic) {sheb-at'}; corresponding to 7626; a clan: -- {tribe}.[ql tribe 7626 ## shebet {shay'-bet}; from an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan: -- X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, {tribe}.[ql tribe 8099 ## Shim