מַטֶּה, staff. Ab. V, 6 המ׳ the staff of Moses. Ex. R. s. 3 המ׳ שתייסרנו בו the staff with which thou shalt chastise him. Ib. ‘the signs which I placed in thy hands’ (Ex. IV, 21) זה המ׳ that means the staff; a. fr.
מַטֶּה, tribe. Tosef. R. Hash. III (II), 3 שלש על כל מ׳ ומ׳ three notes for each tribe; Y. Succ. V, 55ᶜ