Strong's Concordance mattara or mattarah: a guard, ward, prison, target, mark Original Word: מַטָּרָהPart of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: mattara or mattarah Phonetic Spelling: (mat-taw-raw') Short Definition: guardhouse Brown-Driver-Briggs מַטָּרָה and (Lamentations 3:12) מַטָּרָא noun feminine 1. guard, ward, prison Nehemiah 3:25. 2 target, mark (as kept in the eye, watched, compare נָצַר Proverbs 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) Jeremiah 32:2,8,12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6,13,28; Jeremiah 39:14,15; ׳שַׁעַר הַמּ Nehemiah 12:39. 2 target, mark Job 16:12 (figurative of ׳יs chastisement), כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ Lamentations 3:12 (simile id.); literally only 1 Samuel 20:20. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance mark, prison Or mattarah {mat-taw-raw'}; from natar; a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched) -- mark, prison. see HEBREW natar Forms and Transliterations הַמַּטָּרָ֑ה הַמַּטָּרָ֔ה הַמַּטָּרָ֖ה הַמַּטָּרָ֗ה הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃ הַמַּטָּרָה֒ המטרה המטרה׃ כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א כמטרא לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ למטרה׃ ham·maṭ·ṭā·rāh hammattaRah hammaṭṭārāh kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā kammattaRa kammaṭṭārā lə·maṭ·ṭā·rāh lemattaRah ləmaṭṭārāhLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Hebrew 430716 Occurrences ham·maṭ·ṭā·rāh — 13 Occ. kam·maṭ·ṭā·rā — 1 Occ. lə·maṭ·ṭā·rāh — 2 Occ. 1 Samuel 20:20 HEB: לְשַֽׁלַּֽח־ לִ֖י לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ NAS: as though I shot at a target. KJV: [thereof], as though I shot at a mark. INT: will shoot shot A target Nehemiah 3:25 Nehemiah 12:39 Job 16:12 Jeremiah 32:2 Jeremiah 32:8 Jeremiah 32:12 Jeremiah 33:1 Jeremiah 37:21 Jeremiah 37:21 Jeremiah 38:6 Jeremiah 38:13 Jeremiah 38:28 Jeremiah 39:14 Jeremiah 39:15 Lamentations 3:12 |