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Staff, walking stick, support rod — a rod used for walking, leaning, or as an instrument of authority and aid
The noun מִשְׁעֶנֶת (mish'enet) denotes a staff or walking stick -- something one leans upon. An injured man walks on his staff during recovery (Exod 21:19). Princes dig a well with their staffs (Num 21:18). Elisha sends Gehazi with his staff to lay on the dead child (2 Kgs 4:29-31). The shepherd's 'rod and staff' comfort in Psalm 23:4. Elders sit with staffs in restored Jerusalem (Zech 8:4). Negatively, Egypt is a 'broken reed of a staff' that pierces the leaner's hand (2 Kgs 18:21; Isa 36:6; Ezek 29:6). Spanish 'bastón' and French 'bâton' cover the range.

Senses
1. staff, walking stick A literal walking staff or support stick used for physical aid, especially by the elderly, injured, or traveling. An injured man walks on his staff during recovery (Exod 21:19), elders sit with staffs in restored Jerusalem (Zech 8:4), Gideon is touched by the angel's staff (Judg 6:21), and Elisha sends his staff as a proxy instrument of power (2 Kgs 4:29-31). The shepherd's staff in Psalm 23:4 comforts in the valley of shadow. Spanish 'bastón/cayado' and French 'bâton' translate the physical object directly. 11×
ARTIFACTS Artifacts Rods and Staffs
AR["الْعَصا", "الْعَصَا", "بِعِصِيِّهِمْ", "سَنَدَ", "عَصَايَ", "عُكَّازُهُ", "عُكَّازِ", "عُكّازِهِ", "وَمَسْنَدُكَ"]·ben["আমার-লাঠি", "এবং-আপনার-দন্ড", "তাদের-লাঠি-দিয়ে", "তার-লাঠি", "তার-লাঠির", "ভরসা", "ভরসার", "লাঠি", "লাঠির", "সেই-লাঠির"]·DE["[משענת]", "[משענתו]", "der-staff", "mein-staff", "mit-ihr-staffs", "sein-Stab", "staff-von", "und-dein-Stecken"]·EN["and-your-staff", "his-staff", "my-staff", "staff-of", "staff-of-", "the-staff", "with-their-staffs"]·FR["[משענת]", "avec-leur-bâtons", "bâton-de", "et-de-appui", "le-bâton", "mon-bâton", "son-bâton", "soutien"]·heb["ב-משענתם", "ה-משענת", "ו-משענתך", "משענת", "משענתו", "משענתי"]·HI["अपनी-लाठियों-से", "और-छड़ी-तेरी", "मेरी-लाठी-को", "लाठी", "लाठी-अपनी", "लाठी-उसकी", "लाठी-का", "लाठी-को", "सहारा", "सहारे"]·ID["dengan-tongkat-tongkat-mereka", "tongkat", "tongkat-", "tongkat-itu", "tongkat-ku", "tongkat-nya", "tongkatnya"]·IT["[ומשענתך]", "[משענת]", "[משענתו]", "bastone-di", "con-loro-staffs", "il-bastone", "mio-bastone", "suo-bastone"]·jav["mawi-teken-teken-piyambakipun", "saha-lantaran-Panjenengan", "sondhenipun", "teken", "teken-kula", "teken-punika", "tekenipun", "tekenipun,", "teteken"]·KO["그-지팡이", "그들-의-지팡이들-로", "그리고-당신-의-막대기-가", "그의-지팡이", "그의-지팡이를", "나의-지팡이-를", "지팡이", "지팡이-", "지팡이에", "지팡이의"]·PT["apoio-de", "bastão-de", "bordão-de", "bordão-seu", "com-seus-bordões", "e-teu-bordão", "meu-bordão", "o-bordão", "seu-bordão"]·RU["-посох", "и-посох-Твой", "опорой", "опору", "посох-", "посох-его", "посох-мой", "посоха", "посохами-своими", "посохе-своём"]·ES["apoyo-de", "bastón-de", "con-báculos-de-ellos", "el-bastón", "mi-bastón", "su-bastón", "y-tu-cayado"]·SW["fimbo", "fimbo-ya-kutegemea-ya", "fimbo-yake", "fimbo-yangu", "kwa-fimbo-zao", "na-mkongojo-wako"]·TR["asalarıyla", "bastonunun", "bastonuyla-", "dayanak", "dayanağına-", "de-değneğin", "deynegimi", "deyneyi", "ve-sopan"]·urd["اور-تیری-عصا", "اپنی-لاٹھی", "اپنی-لاٹھیوں-سے", "سہارا", "سہارے", "لاٹھی", "لاٹھی-کے", "میری-لاٹھی"]

Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
מִשְׁעֶ֫נֶת n.f. staff;—abs. Ju 6:21; 2 K 4:31; cstr. 2 K 18:21 +; sf. מִשְׁעַנְתּוֹ Ex 21:19; Zc 8:4, etc.; pl. sf. מִשְׁעֲנֹתָם Nu 21:18;—staff, Ex 21:19 (E) Nu 21:18 (J) Ju 6:21; 2 K 4:29(×2) 31; Zc 8:4; fig. of political support, מִשְׁעֶנֶת הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ 2 K 18:21 = Is 36:6, cf. Ez 29:6; of י׳ as shepherd ψ 23:4 (+ שֵׁבֶט).