מֵיתָר (mêtār) is a Hebrew noun meaning cord. It appears 9 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4340).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 936h)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מֵיתָר noun, masculine: cord, string

Strong's H4340 מֵיתָר: a cord (of a tent); or the string (of a bow)
KJV:cord, string.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 936: יָתַר yātar — remain over; the remainder; be left over; leave over, leave, leave a remnant, save over, presevre alive, excel, shew pre-eminence, shew excess, have more than enough; jut, exceed, remain, be left, cause to abound, preserve…

• יָתַר yātar — remain over
• יֶתֶר yeter — remainder
• יֹתֶרֶת yōteret — appendage
• יִתְרוֹן yitrôn — advantage
• יוֹתֵר yôtēr — superiority
• מוֹתָר môtār — abundance
• יִתְרָה yitrâ — abundance

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