STRONGS H2658:
Abbreviations
† I. חָפַר verb dig, search for (Arabic
حَغَرَ id.; Aramaic
חֲפַר,
rfpo,
id.; Late Hebrew
חֵפֶר act of digging) —
Qal Perfect ח׳ Job 39:29;
וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ Job 11:18;
וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ה Deuteronomy 23:14;
חָפַרְתִּי Genesis 21:30;
חָֽפְרוּ Genesis 26:18 +
2 times;
חָפָ֑רוּ Genesis 26:32;
חֲפָרוּהָ Numbers 21:18;
Imperfect וַיַּחְפֹּר Genesis 26:18, 22;
וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ Psalm 7:16;
וָאֶחְפֹּר Jeremiah 13:7;
יַחְפְּרוּ Job 39:21 (but read
יַחְפֹּר so
Di)
Deuteronomy 1:22;
וַיַּחְפְּרוּ Genesis 26:19 +
2 times;
וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ Job 3:21;
Infinitive construct לַחְפֹּר Joshua 2:2, 3+
Isaiah 2:20 (compare below);
Participle חֹפֵר Ecclesiastes 10:8; —
1. dig:
a. a well, with accusative
בְּאֵר Genesis 21:30 (E),
Genesis 26:15, 18 (twice in verse);
Genesis 26:19, 21, 22, 32 (J),
Numbers 21:18 (E); compare
Exodus 7:24 (E);
dig (a hole, implied as object)
Deuteronomy 23:14; a pit, with hostile purpose, as snare or trap, figurative of malicious plan, with accusative
בּוֺר Psalm 7:16 (||
כָּרָה); so with accusative
גומץ Ecclesiastes 10:8, compare [
שַׁחַת]
לְנַפְשִׁי ח׳ Psalm 35:7; of horse,
dig, i.e.
paw the ground,
בָּעֵמֶק יַחְפֹּר Job 39:21 (so read, see above)
he paweth in the valley (compare Arabic
حَافِرً hoof).
b. dig for something hidden, with accusative
Job 3:21 (figurative of longing for death),
Jeremiah 13:7 (no object expressed)
2. search, search out, explore, with accusative
הָאָרֶץ Joshua 2:3 (twice in verse) (JE),
Deuteronomy 1:22; of eagle,
search for food, with accusative
אֹכֶל ח׳ Job 39:29, with especially reference to keen vision (||
מֵרָחוֺק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ); so＝
search or
look carefully about before going to rest
Job 11:18 (no object). —
לַחְפֹּר Isaiah 2:20 see
H2661 חֲפַרְפָּרָה below.
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