maṭṭēh (מַטֶּה)
- Language: Hebrew
- Romanized: maṭṭēh
- Original script: מַטֶּה
- Gloss: staff, rod, support
The support image at the heart of The Staff of Bread. A staff lets a body stand; in the famine and siege passages, bread becomes the staff a people lean on, and the thing God can break.
Related entries
- Matteh Lehem — staff of bread
- Mishan — support, stay
- Saad — to support, sustain
- Sterigma — Greek support word
- Baculum Panis — Latin “staff of bread”