= stick usually made of wood; used for walking or as attribute of a ruler; also used for threshing; associated with authority and punishment
staff, rod, stick
Food
literally: wooden stick, used for transporting ring-shaped loaves of bread; hence: = supply of bread and other food items
supply of bread, supply of food
Weapons
= pointed missile, shot from a bow; slender and straight in shape and moving swiftly; made out of wood and/or iron; mainly used for hunting and in warfare
arrow
People
= nation that oppresses other people
staff > people
Leaders
literally: staff; hence: = a person with the authority represented by a scepter
scepter > ruler
Chastise
literally: stick; hence: = process of causing systematic suffering to someone else as if one were beating someone else with a stick
stick > punishment, oppression
Groups
= group of clans united by a common leader
tribe
Groups
= group of people to which one traces one's ancestry; largest unit within family group