{"def":{"short":"a scion, i.e., (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan","long":["rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe",["rod, staff","shaft (of spear, dart)","club (of shepherd's implement)","truncheon, sceptre (mark of authority)","clan, tribe"]]},"deriv":"from an unused root probably meaning to branch off","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃeˈbɛt̪’","ipa_mod":"ʃeˈvɛt","sbl":"šēbeṭ","dic":"shay-BET","dic_mod":"shay-VET"}}