Lexical Summary chaphar: to dig, search for Original Word: חָפַּרTransliteration: chaphar Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-far') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to dig, search for Meaning: to pry into, to delve, to explore Strong's Concordance dig, paw, search out, seek A primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore -- dig, paw, search out, seek. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2658. chaphar I. חָפַר verb dig, search for (Arabic id.; Aramaic חֲפַר, , id.; Late Hebrew חֵפֶר act of digging) — Qal Perfect ׳ח Job 39:29; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ 11:18; וְחָפַרְתָּ֫ה Deuteronomy 23:14; חָפַרְתִּי Genesis 21:30; חָֽפְרוּ 26:18 2t.; חָפָ֑רוּ 26:32; חֲפָרוּהָ Numbers 21:18; Imperfect וַיַּחְמֹּר Genesis 26:18, 22; וַיַּחְמְּרֵהוּ Psalm 7:16; וָאֶחְמֹּר Jeremiah 13:7; יַחְמְּרוּ Job Job 39:21 (but read יַחְמֹּר so ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Di) Deuteronomy 1:22; וַיַּחְמְּרוּ Genesis 26:19 2t.; וַיַּחְמְּרֻהוּ Job 3:21; Infinitive construct לַחְמֹּר 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), 26:15, 18 (twice in verse); 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] ׳ח לְנַפְשִׁי Psalm 35:7; of horse, dig, i.e. paw the ground, בָּעֵמֶק יַחְמֹּר Job 39:21 (so read, see above) he paweth in the valley (compare Arabic 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 ׳ח אֹכֶל Job 39:29, with especially reference to keen vision ("" יַבִּיטוּ עֵינָיו מֵרָחוֺק); so = search or look carefully about before going to rest 11:18 (no object). — לַחְמֹּר Isaiah 2:20 see חֲפַרְמָּרָה below |
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