H4294J–מַטֶּה–mat.teh

For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.

בַמַּטֶּ֛ה (מַּטֶּ֛ה) ma.Teh “staff”

And she had a strong rod for a rod of authority for the rulers, and it became tall among the clouds and it was seen lifted up among the number of its branches.

מַטּ֣וֹת ma.Tot “branches of”

But she was uprooted in burning wrath, and made low on the earth; the east wind came, drying her up, and her branches were broken off; her strong rod became dry, the fire made a meal of it.

מַטֵּ֥ה ma.Teh “[the] branch of”

And fire has gone out from her rod, causing the destruction of her branches, so that there is no strong rod in her to be the ruler's rod of authority. This is a song of grief, and it was for a song of grief.

מִמַּטֵּ֤ה (מַּטֵּ֤ה) ma.Teh “[the] branch of”מַטֵּה־ ma.teh- “a branch of”