25 Nov 2016

Shepherd's rod and staff

  Liber Psalmorum 22:4 (23:4)
"virga tua et baculus tuus ipsa me consolata sunt"

    "your rod and your staff they comfort me" ;
         PSALM 23 rod and staff images


Rod


 L. virga, H. shibt ;  rod
 a wood stick  about 1m in length,  its tip is often strengthened 
with stone, rarely with bronze or iron. a club 



staff
L. baculus, H. mishant ; staff
a stick five or six feet (1.5-1.8m) long and sometimes has a crook at the end of it.























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References
"ro~`eh"  "shebet" in BHH(japanese edition 1989)
Manner And Customs of Bible Lands

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