Môwṭ — H4132

Definition

masculine noun

a wavering, i.e. fall; by implication, a pole (as shaking); hence, a yoke (as essentially a bent pole)

1. a shaking, wavering, pole, bar of yoke
1. a shaking, tottering
2. pole, bar (for carrying)
3. bar of yoke

Usually translated as

bar, be moved, staff, yoke

Origin

from H4131

• Derived from Môwṭ (H4131)

Greek equivalents

• sálos (G4535)

Occurrences

Môwṭ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (3), Psalms (2), Nahum (1)

• Numbers 4:10 — And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put it upon a bar (הַמּֽוֹט).
• Numbers 4:12 — And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers’ skins, and shall put them on a bar (הַמּֽוֹט):
• Numbers 13:23 — And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff (בַמּ֖וֹט); and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
• Psalms 66:9 — Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved (לַמּ֣וֹט).
• Psalms 121:3 — He will not suffer thy foot to be moved (לַמּ֣וֹט): he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
• Nahum 1:13 — For now will I break his yoke (מֹטֵ֖הוּ) from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder.