Definition

a shoot, i.e. stick (with leaves on, or for walking, striking, guiding, divining)

Etymology

or (feminine) מַקְּלָה; from an unused root meaning apparently to germinate;

Where the KJV renders it

• rod
• (hand-)staff

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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