מַטֶּה (maṭṭeh) is a Hebrew noun meaning branch. It appears 252 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4294).

Also rendered

• tribe
• rod

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1352b)

Root family 1352: נָטָה nāṭâ — extend, stretch out, spread out, pitch, turn, pervert, incline, bend, bow

• נָטָה natah — stretch out
• מִטָּה miṭṭâ — couch
• מַטָּה maṭṭâ — downwards
• מֻטֶּה muṭṭeh — that which is perverted
• מֻטָּה muṭṭâ — spreading

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