{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4307",
  "lemma": "מַטָּרָא",
  "transliteration": "maṭṭârâʼ",
  "definition": "a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)",
  "kjv": "mark, prison.",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H5201",
      "lemma": "נָטַר",
      "transliteration": "nâṭar",
      "meaning": "to guard",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H5201"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַטָּרָה and מַטָּרָא n.f. 1. guard, ward, prison. 2. target, mark"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 20:20",
      "text": "I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 32:2",
      "text": "Now at that time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem. Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 32:8",
      "text": "“So Hanamel my uncle’s son came to me in the court of the guard according to the LORD’s word, and said to me, ‘Please…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 32:12",
      "text": "and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/32?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 33:1",
      "text": "Moreover the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still locked up in the court of the guard…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/33?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 37:21",
      "text": "Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/37?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 38:6",
      "text": "Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 38:13",
      "text": "So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 38:28",
      "text": "So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/38?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 39:14",
      "text": "sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/39?v=14"
    }
  ],
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  },
  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}