The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

שְׁבַט שַׁבְטָא‏ n.m. tribe; staff; plague

tribe Com. Ezra6:17 : לְמִנְיָן שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל‏ according to the number of the tribes of Israel †.

rod, staff Syr, LJLA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 534b; DJBA: 1132a; Jastrow: 1513; Levy Ch-W: 2:447; DNWSI: 1100; DJA: 81a; Cook,Qumran: 228;

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rb šbṭ, rb šbṭˀ n.m. tribal chieftain

šbṭ vb. a/u D to hammer; to beat