From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) Or (figuratively) a clan -- X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
H7626. shebet
שֵׁ֫בֶט189 noun masculineNumbers 24:17 (feminineEzekiel 21:15, 18 but corrupt):
1 rod, staff, club, sceptre.
2 tribe; — ׳שׁ absolute Genesis 49:10+, construct 1 Samuel 10:20 +; שָׁ֑טֶ Deuteronomy 1:23 +; sf שִׁבְטוֺ Judges 21:24+, etc.; plural שְׁבָטִים 1 Kings 11:31 +, construct שִׁבְטֵי Genesis 49:16 +, sf שְׁבָטֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:14 +, etc.; —
1.a. rod, staff (evidently common article), for smiting (especiallyבַשּׁ ׳הִכָּה) Exodus 21:20 (E), Micah 4:14; Isaiah 10:15 (in simile; "" מַטֶּה), Proverbs 10:13 +; ׳שׁ מוּסָר compare 29:15; for beating (חָבַט) cummin Isaiah 28:27 ("" מַטֶּה); as (inferior) weapon (opposed to חֲנִית) 2 Samuel 23:21= 1 Chronicles 11:3 (compareמַקֵּל 1 Samuel 17:40, 43); figurative of ׳יs chastisement: national Isaiah 10:24; 30:31 (both "" מַטֶּה), 14:29, ׳שׁ אַמִּי 10:5 ׳שׁ עֶבְרָתוֺ Lamentations 3:1; individual Job 9:34; 21:9 (׳שׁ אֱלוֺהַּ), 37:13, 2 Samuel 7:14 (׳שׁ אֲנָשִׁים, i.e. not in-human), Psalm 89:33 (both "" נְגָעִים).
b. shaft, i.e. spear, dart, 2 Samuel 18:14, but < read ᵐ5 שְׁלָחִים βέλη Th We Kit HPS Bu.
c. shepherd's implement, club, Psalm 23:4 ("" מִשְׁעֶנֶת), בְשׁ ׳רְעֵה Micah 7:14 (both figurative of ׳י); used in mustering or counting sheep Ezekiel 20:37 (figurative), Leviticus 27:32 (compare Jeremiah 33:13), see MackieHast. DB RoD
d. truncheon, sceptre, mark of authority, ׳שׁ סֹפֵר Judges 5:14, ׳שׁ משְׁלִים Isaiah 14:5 ("" מַטֶּה), Genesis 49:10 (poem in J; ("" מְהֹקֵק), Zechariah 10:11 (Psalm 45:7 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 19:11, 14 (made from a branch, מַטֶּה); a ruler is שׁ ׳תּוֺמֵךְ Amos 1:5, 8; as symbol of conquest Numbers 24:17 (JE); ׳שׁ בַּרְזֶל Psalm 2:9 (of Messianic king);׳שׁ הָרֶשַׁע 125:3; ׳שׁ עֶבְרָתוֺ Proverbs 22:8 (si vera lectio, compare Frankenb. Toy). — see מִשְׁעֶנֶת מַקֵּל, מַטֶּה,.
2 145:tribe (synonymמַטֶּה, q. v.
3, p. 641:b), especially
a. of (12) tribes of Israel, Genesis 49:16, 28 (poem in J), Deuteronomy 33:5 (poem), Exodus 24:4 (E), + often [J E 13 t., D 28 t. (מַטֶּה J E D), P 9 t. (compare GrayNumbers 4:18; ׳מ150t. + in P); Judges 15 t. (never ׳מ), Samuel 14 t. (never ׳מ), Kings 13 t,. (׳מ2t.), Chronicles 15 t. (׳מ23t.), Psalms, 7 t. (never ׳מ), prophets 16 t. (׳מ Habakkuk 3:9, very dubious)]; Judges 20:12; 1 Samuel 9:21 read שֵׁבֶט (or שִׁבְטִי Ges§ 90 I, We Sta§ 343 e Dr, for שִׁבְטֵי), Vrss (GFMJu); שִׁבְטֵייָֿהּ Psalm 122:4; נַחֲלָתֶ֑ךָ שִׁבְטֵי Isaiah 63:17.
b. singular of people (of Judah, late) Psalm 74:2, but Jeremiah 10:16 = 51:19 strike out ׳שׁ ׳נ Gf Gie Du.
c. of subdivision of tribe, ׳שׁ וגו ׳מִשְׁמְּחוֺת Numbers 4:18 (P). — 2 Samuel 7:7 read שֹׁפְטֵי (compare 7:11, "" 1 Chronicles 17:6, Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu and others)