מַחְתֶּרֶת
machteret · breaking in
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4290 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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machteret (מַחְתֶּרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “breaking in”.
Breaking through a wall to get into a house and steal.
How to say it
mach·te·ret
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Digging through a wall to get in and steal.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 22:2
If the thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there is no bloodguilt for him;
- Jeremiah 2:34
Also on your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent needy; not breaking in did I find them, but on all these.