מַטָּרָא
Engelsk guard, ward, prison
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מַטָּרָה and (Klg 3,12) מַטָּרָא
noun feminine 1. guard, ward, prison Neh 3,25.
2. target, mark (as kept in the eye, watched, compare נָצַר Ord 23,26, and σκόπος (watcher, mark) from σκέπτομαι; perhaps Nabataean [רתא]מט Lzb323); — always absolute: —
1. guard, ward, prison, usually ׳חֲצַר הַמּ court of gaurd (see I. ׳חָצֵ) Jer 32,2; Jer 32,8; Jer 32,12; Jer 33,1; Jer 37,21 (twice in verse); Jer 38,6; Jer 38,13; Jer 38,28; Jer 39,14; Jer 39,15 ׳שַׁעַר הַמּ Neh 12,39.
2. target, mark Job 16,12 (figurative of ׳י's chastisement), כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ Klg 3,12 (simile id.); literally only 1 Sam 20,20.
Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.