מַטָּרָא
maṭṭârâʼ · mat-taw-raw'
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַטָּרָה; from H5201 (נָטַר);
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
- a jail (as a guard-house)
- also, an aim (as being closely watched)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: mark, prison.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to surround and contain › the head, the highest › strength, the leader
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to surround and contain of the head, the highest of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַטָּרָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the prison12 · 75%
- at a mark1 · 6%
- in the prison1 · 6%
- for his mark1 · 6%
- me as a mark1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.