Original: שֵׁבֶט

Transliteration: shêbeṭ

Phonetic: shay'-bet

Short Definition: [idiom] correction

Original: שׁבט

Transliteration: shêbeṭ

Phonetic: shay'-bet

BDB Definition:

1. rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe
   1. rod, staff
   2. shaft (of spear, dart)
   3. club (of shepherd's implement)
   4. truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)
   5. clan, tribe

Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off

TWOT entry: 2314a

Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine

Cognate: H7627, H8275