STRONGS NUMBER H2658

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