מַטָּרָה
Used: 16 times · Key: 4307 · BDB: מַטָּרָה
Glosses
the.guard (13); a.target (2); target (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
guard tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. guard, ward, prison. target, mark tree →
The whole BDB entry
and (La 3:12) מַטָּרָא n.f. 1. guard, ward, prison. 2. target, mark (as kept in the eye, watched, cf. נָצַר Pr 23:26, and σκόπος (watcher, mark) from σκέπτομαι; perhaps Nab. מט[רתא] Lzb323);—always abs.:— guard, ward, prison, usually חֲצַר הַמּ׳ court of guard (v. i. חָצֵר) Je 32:2, 8, 12; 33:1; 37:21(×2); 38:6, 13, 28; 39:14, 15; Ne 3:25; שַׁעַר הַמּ׳ 12:39. target, mark Jb 16:12 (fig. of י׳’s chastisement), כַּמַּטָּרָא לַחֵץ La 3:12 (sim. id.); lit. only 1 S 20:20.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מַטָּרָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ס
Word for word: he.has.bent bow his and he has.set.me.up like (the) target for (the) arrow
JPS 1917: He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
וַאֲנִ֕י שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת הַחִצִּ֖ים צִדָּ֣ה אוֹרֶ֑ה לְשַֽׁלַּֽח־לִ֖י לְמַטָּרָֽה׃
Word for word: and I the.three the arrows side its I.will.shoot to send.[them] (for myself to a.target
JPS 1917: And I will shoot three arrows to the side-ward, as though I shot at a mark.
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