מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת

מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת noun masculine breaking in, burglary — יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב ׳אִםבַּֿמּ Exod 22:1 i.e. caught in the act (JE); so מְצָאתִים ׳לֹא בַּמּ Jer 2:34, not in the act of breaking in didst thou find them (2 feminine singular suffix Ges^{«GKC:44»§ 44}, 2, R 4), i.e. those whom thou hast slain were not detected in crime.