A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars -- dig (through), row.
H2864. chathar
חָתַר verb dig, row (Late Hebrew id., bore (through), so Aramaic ᵑ7 חֲתַר (rare)) —
Qal Perfect ׳ח Job 24:16, חָתַרְתִּי Ezekiel 12:7; Imperfect וָאֶחְתֹּר 8:8, יַחְתְּרוּ 12:12; Amos 9:2, וַיַּחְתְּרוּ Jonah 1:13; Imperative חֲתָרֿ Ezekiel 8:8; 12:5; —
1 dig into houses, with accusative בָּתִּים Job 24:16 (of burglary); followed by בְּ into or through a wall Ezekiel 8:8 (twice in verse) (Co strike out on internal grounds), 12:5, 7, 12; metaphor followed by בשׁאול Amos 9:2 dig into She'ôl, i.e. as a refuge.
2 row (as digging into the water) Jonah 1:13.