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H4307

מטרא

𐤌𐤈𐤓𐤀

Transliteration
maṭṭârâʼ
Lexical definition
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)
Normalised form
מטרא
Review status
generated_from_lexicon
Interpretive boundary: Letter concepts are study aids. Lexical definition, grammar, context, and usage remain primary.

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Word concepts at a glance

Every letter of the word in order, with its Paleo-Hebrew form, pictograph, and interpretive concept keywords on one row.

# Letter Paleo Name Pictograph Concepts
1 מ 𐤌 Mem Water water · chaos · mighty · blood
2 ט 𐤈 Tet Basket surround · contain · mud
3 ר 𐤓 Resh Head of a man head · first · top · beginning
4 א 𐤀 Aleph Ox head power · authority · strength

Letter/root study

Letter-by-letter concept cards

Each card keeps the modern Hebrew form, Paleo-Hebrew form, and interpretive concept keywords visibly separated.

מ 𐤌

Mem

Pictograph: Water

Concepts: water, chaos, mighty, blood

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ט 𐤈

Tet

Pictograph: Basket

Concepts: surround, contain, mud

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ר 𐤓

Resh

Pictograph: Head of a man

Concepts: head, first, top, beginning

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א 𐤀

Aleph

Pictograph: Ox head

Concepts: power, authority, strength

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Interlinear examples

Counts reflect the available interlinear passages only.

1 samuel 20:20 לְ/מַטָּרָֽה HR/Ncfsa Jeremiah 32:2 הַ/מַּטָּרָ֔ה HTd/Ncfsa Jeremiah 32:8 הַ/מַּטָּרָה֒ HTd/Ncfsa Jeremiah 32:12 הַ/מַּטָּרָֽה HTd/Ncfsa Jeremiah 33:1 הַ/מַּטָּרָ֖ה HTd/Ncfsa Jeremiah 37:21 הַ/מַּטָּרָה֒ HTd/Ncfsa Jeremiah 37:21 הַ/מַּטָּרָֽה HTd/Ncfsa Jeremiah 38:6 הַ/מַּטָּרָ֔ה HTd/Ncfsa

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Concept profile and Mapping evidence

Combined concept profile

Ordered Paleo-Hebrew study sequence for מַטָּרָא: Mem (water, chaos, mighty) → Tet (surround, contain, mud) → Resh (head, first, top) → Aleph (power, authority, strength). Letter concepts are interpretive study aids, not lexical definitions.

Lexicon cross-check

Lemma
מַטָּרָא
Pronunciation
mat-taw-raw'
Definition
a jail (as a guard-house); also an aim (as being closely watched)

hebrew / direct_hebrew

מטרא

Confidence: 95 / 100 · Status: generated_from_lexicon

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strongs / strongs_hebrew

H4307

Confidence: 95 / 100 · Status: generated_from_lexicon

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