maq.qel denotes a wooden rod or staff, carried, used with flocks, wielded to strike, or given a symbolic name.

The term denotes a rod-like wooden implement in varied settings: a staff carried in the hand, rods placed before a flock, an instrument for striking, and named or broken rods in symbolic actions. The supplied verses also place it in descriptions of a scepter, a branch, and clubs, while retaining the concrete image of a stick or staff.

1. Rod or staff in practical and symbolic use · dominant

   In Genesis 30:37, Genesis 30:38, and Genesis 30:41, the forms refer to rods Jacob peels and sets in the watering places before the flock. In Exodus 12:11 and 1 Samuel 17:40, the APB renders the object carried in the hand as a "staff," while Numbers 22:27 presents it as the object Balaam uses to strike the donkey; Zechariah 11:7 shows two rods given the names "Pleasantness" and "Union."

   Genesis 30:37Genesis 30:38Genesis 30:41Exodus 12:11Numbers 22:27Zechariah 11:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among "staff," "rod," "rods," "clubs," "scepter," and "branch" across these verses. These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than a fixed one-to-one rendering.