מוֹטָה
mo.tah (H4133)
yoke
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "mo.tah" (Strong's number H4133) is defined as a "yoke." This noun is specifically related to agriculture and land use, suggesting it is associated with manual labor and the management of crops. The term appears 12 times in the Hebrew Bible, which indicates its significance in ancient Hebrew culture and agricultural practices. As a yoke, this word likely refers to the wooden frame or beam placed across the shoulders or neck of oxen, used to hitch them together for plowing fields or transporting heavy loads. In this context, "mo.tah" denotes a shared burden, where animals or humans work together to accomplish a task. The occurrence of "mo.tah" in different passages may highlight the importance of cooperation, hard work, and agricultural productivity in ancient Israelite society. The limited semantic domain of "mo.tah" suggests its primary association with rural and agricultural settings. However, its connection to shared labor and burden-sharing may extend to broader meanings and applications, such as relationships between people, communities, or obligations.
AI synthesis uses only provided lexicon data -- never training knowledge.
I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves. I have broken the bars of your yoke, and made you walk upright.
The children of the Levites bore God’s ark on their shoulders with its poles, as Moses commanded according to Yahweh’s word.
“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?
Then you will call, and Yahweh will answer. You will cry for help, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ “If you take away from among you the yoke, finger pointing, and speaking wickedly;
Yahweh says to me: “Make bonds and bars, and put them on your neck.
Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and broke it.
Then Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, after Hananiah the prophet had broken the bar from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
“Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”
At Tehaphnehes also the day will withdraw itself, when I break the yokes of Egypt, there. The pride of her power will cease in her. As for her, a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
The tree of the field will yield its fruit, and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have broken the bars of their yoke, and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them.