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מַטָּרָא (maṭṭârâʼ) n-f (mat-taw-raw')
Source: or מַטָּרָה; from H5201;
Meaning: a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
KJV: mark, prison.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

n.dd.ab

מַטָּרָה and

מַטָּרָא n.f. 1. guard, ward, prison. 2. target, mark

Appears in a total of 15 verses:

JER 38:13

OET-LV: 13 And_they _drew _out DOM Yirmə^yāh with_ropes and_they _brought _up DOM_him/it from the_cistern and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _courtyard _of the _guard. (JER_38:13)

OET-RV: 13 then they pulled him up with the ropes—that’s how they got him up out from the mud in the cistern. Then he stayed in the guards’ courtyard. (JER 38:13)

JER 38:28

OET-LV: 28 and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _courtyard _of the _guard until the_day when Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) it _was _captured and_it _was just_as it _was _captured Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem). (JER_38:28)

OET-RV: 28 so Yirmeyah remained in the guards’ courtyard until the day that Yerushalem was captured. (JER 38:28)

JER 32:12

OET-LV: 12 And_I _gave DOM the_document the_purchase to Bārūk the _son _of Nēriy^yāh the _son _of Maḩşē^yāh to_the _eyes _of Ḩₐnam^ʼēl uncle _of_my and_to_the _eyes _of the _witnesses who_wrote on_the _document _of the _purchase to_the _eyes _of all _of the_Yəhūdī/(Judeans) who_were_sitting in_the _courtyard _of the _guard. (JER_32:12)

OET-RV: 12 I gave the sealed purchase document to Baruk (son of Neriyah, son of Mahseyah) in front of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who’d signed the purchase agreement, as well as all the Judeans who were sitting in the guards’ courtyard. (JER 32:12)

JER 38:6

OET-LV: 6 And_they _took DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) and_they _threw DOM_him/it into the_cistern of _Malkīy^yāh the _son _of the_king which was_in_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _let _down DOM Yirmə^yāh with_ropes and_in_cistern there_was_not water if/because (if) mud and_ Yirmə^yāh _he _sank in_mud. (JER_38:6)

OET-RV: 6 So they took Yirmeyah and put him into the water storage cistern carved out by the king’s son Malkiyah. It was right there in the guards’ courtyard, and they lowered Yirmeyah down with ropes. There wasn’t any water left in the cistern, but it was still muddy at the bottom and he sank down into the mud. (JER 38:6)

LAM 3:12

OET-LV: 12 He _has _bent bow _of_his and_he_has _set _me _up like_target for_arrow. (LAM_3:12)

OET-RV: 12 He bent his bow back
⇔ and set me up like a target for an arrow. (LAM 3:12)

JER 37:21

OET-LV: 21 And_he _commanded the_king Tsidqiy^yāh and_they _deposited DOM Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) in_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _gave to_him/it a _round _loaf _of bread to_day from_the _street _of the _bakers until was _finished all _of the_bread from the_city and_ Yirmə^yāh _he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _courtyard _of the _guard. (JER_37:21)

OET-RV: 21 So King Tsidkiyah ordered that Yirmeyah be held in the guards’ courtyard, and he was given a loaf of bread every day from the bakers’ street, until the time when all the bread in the city ran out. But Yirmeyah remained confined in the guards’s courtyard. (JER 37:21)

JER 32:8

OET-LV: 8 And_he _came to_me Ḩₐnam^ʼēl the _son _of my _uncle _of_my according_to _the _message _of YHWH to the _courtyard _of the _guard and_he/it _said to_me buy please DOM field _of_my which is_at_ˊAnātōt which in_land of _Binyāmīn if/because to/for_yourself(m) the _right _of (the)_possession and_belongs_to_you the _right_redemption buy_it to/for_you(fs) and_I _knew if/because _that was_the _message _of YHWH it. (JER_32:8)

OET-RV: 8 Then just as Yahweh had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the guards’ courtyard and he asked me, “Buy my field that is in Anatot in the Benyamin region, because you have the right to inherit it so the right to buy it belongs to you. Buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that this was Yahweh’s message. (JER 32:8)

JER 39:14

OET-LV: 14 And_they _sent and_they _took DOM Yirmə^yāh from_the _courtyard _of the _guard and_they _gave _over DOM_him/it to Gədal^yāh the _son _of ʼAḩīqām the _son _of Shāfān to_take_him _out to the_house and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in _the_middle the_people. (JER_39:14)

OET-RV: 14 sent out men to fetch Yirmeyah from the guards’ courtyard. They handed him over to Gedalyah (son of Ahikam, son of Shafan) to take him home, so Yirmeyah stayed there among the people. (JER 39:14)

JER 39:15

OET-LV: 15 and_to Yirmə^yāh the _message _of it _had _come of_YHWH when_was_he shut _up in_the _courtyard _of the _guard to_say. (JER_39:15)

OET-RV: 15 While Yirmeyah had still been heldin the guards’ courtyard, Yahweh had given him this message: (JER 39:15)

JOB 16:12

OET-LV: 12 At _ease I _was and_he_smashed _me and_he _took _hold on_neck _of_my and_he_shattered _me and_he_set _me _up to_him/it to_a _target. (JOB_16:12)

OET-RV: 12 I was just living my life and he shattered me.
⇔ ≈ He grabbed me by the neck and dashed me to pieces.
⇔ He set me up as a his target. (JOB 16:12)

NEH 3:25

OET-LV: 25 Pālāl the _son _of ʼŪzay from_before the_buttress and_the_tower which_projects from_the _house _of the_king (the)_upper which belongs_to_the _courtyard _of the _guard after_him Pədā^yāh the _son _of Farˊosh/(Parosh). (NEH_3:25)

OET-RV: 25 Uzai’s son Palal did opposite the corner and the tower above the palace by the guards’ courtyard, and then Parosh’s son Pedayah. (NEH 3:25)

NEH 12:39

OET-LV: 39 And_from_over to_the _gate _of ʼEfrayim and_over Old gate and_over the _gate _of the _fish(es) and_the _tower _of Ḩₐnan^ʼēl and_the _tower _of the _hundred and_unto the _gate _of the _sheep and_they _stopped at_the _gate _of the _guard. (NEH_12:39)

OET-RV: 39 We passed Efrayim Gate, the Old Gate, Fish Gate, and Hananel Tower, the Tower of the Hundred, and all the way to the Sheep Gate, and we stopped at the Guard Gate. (NEH 12:39)

JER 32:2

OET-LV: 2 And_then the _army _of the _king _of Bāⱱel were_laying _siege on Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_Yirmə^yāh the_prophet he _was shut _up in_the _courtyard _of the _guard which was_the _house _of the _king _of Yəhūdāh. (JER_32:2)

OET-RV: 2 The army of the Babylonian king had besieged Yerushalem, and the prophet Yirmeyah was imprisoned in the guards’ courtyard at the palace of Yehudah’s king. (JER 32:2)

JER 33:1

OET-LV:  and_he/it _was the _message _of YHWH to Yirmə^yāh/(Jeremiah) a _second_time and_he still_he was_shut _up in_the _courtyard _of the _guard to_say. (JER_33:1)

OET-RV:  Then while Yirmeyah was still locked in the guards’ courtyard, Yahweh gave him a second message, saying, (JER 33:1)

SA1 20:20

OET-LV: 20 And_I the _three _of the_arrows side _of_its I _will _shoot to_send_them to_me to_a _target. (SA1_20:20)

OET-RV: 20 I’ll shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if trying to hit a target. (SA1 20:20)

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