mach.te.ret denotes a breaking in, explicitly contrasted with the killing of innocent needy people in Jeremiah 2:34.

The attested use concerns a breaking in: Jeremiah 2:34 explicitly contrasts the innocent needy with persons found breaking in, while Exodus 22:1 places the same noun form in a theft-and-restitution setting, though the APB does not isolate its contribution there.

1. Breaking in · dominant

   In Jeremiah 2:34, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the statement that the innocent needy were not found “breaking in.” In Exodus 22:1, the same morphological form occurs in a clause whose APB rendering concerns theft, slaughter or sale, and restitution; the translation does not separately display the noun's contribution.

   Jeremiah 2:34Exodus 22:1

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly includes “breaking in” in Jeremiah 2:34. In Exodus 22:1 it renders the surrounding provision about theft and restitution without an identifiable separate equivalent.