H4290 H4290
breaking in, burglary (the act of forcible entry)
A legal term referring to the act of breaking into a building, typically for theft—what we would call burglary. The term appears in two legal/prophetic contexts examining culpability. Exodus 22:2 addresses when a homeowner may justifiably kill a burglar caught in the act. Jeremiah 2:34 uses the phrase negatively: God indicts Israel for killing innocent people who were not caught breaking in, meaning they had no legitimate defense. The term thus carries forensic precision about criminal acts and justifiable responses.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The criminal act of forcibly breaking into a dwelling, typically with intent to steal. Exodus 22:2 establishes that a thief caught in the act of breaking in may be killed without bloodguilt for the defender. Jeremiah 2:34 contrasts this: the innocent blood Israel has shed was not from catching criminals in burglary, exposing their injustice. Cross-linguistic evidence (Spanish excavación, French/German struggle with the idiom) shows this is a technical legal term for forcible entry. 2×
AR["في-النَّقبِ", "فِي-النَّقْبِ"]·ben["সিঁধ-কেটে", "সুরঙ্গে"]·DE["[במחתרת]", "in-der-breaking-in"]·EN["by-breaking-in", "in-the-breaking-in"]·FR["[במחתרת]", "dans-le-breaking-dans"]·heb["ב-מחתרת"]·HI["खुदाई-में", "सेंध-में"]·ID["dalam-pembobolan", "dalam-pembongkaran"]·IT["[במחתרת]", "in-il-breaking-in"]·jav["ing-bolongan", "wonten-panggenan-mlebet-kanthi-bobol"]·KO["굴-에서", "그-첨입-에서"]·PT["em-arrombamento", "no-roubo"]·RU["в-подкопе", "при-подкопе"]·ES["en-excavación", "en-la-excavación"]·SW["katika-kuvunja", "kwa-kuvunja"]·TR["gedikten-girerken", "hırsızlıkta-"]·urd["نقب-میں"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† מַחְתֶּ֫רֶת n.m. breaking in, burglary—אִם־בַּמּ׳ יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב Ex 22:1 i.e. caught in the act (JE); so לֹא בַּמּ׳ מְצָאתִים Je 2:34, not in the act of breaking in didst thou find them (2 fs. sf. Ges§ 44, 2, R 4), i.e. those whom thou hast slain were not detected in crime.