STRONGS H3738:
Abbreviations
† I. כָּרָה verb dig (Late Hebrew
id.; Aramaic
כְּרָא, Ethiopic
Arabic
(with
and especially
Dozy
ii. 461); Syriac
is
be short, cut off (i.e.
rounded off ?), Arabic
ball;
.
כְּרֵי heap Dalm
Gr. 109; Syriac
Mishna
כרי id.; Assyrian
karê large vessels for holding corn, etc., Dl
HWB 353, compare
kirû (dubious) Wkl
Tel Am. Vocab.; Ba
ZMG 1887, 615 conjectures
be round as orig √ meaning, and compare Arabic
the leg is round); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular כָּרָה 2 Chronicles 16:14;
Psalm 7:16;
2nd person masculine singular כָּרִיתָ Psalm 40:7;
1st person singular בָּרִיתִי Genesis 50:5;
3rd person plural כָּרוּ Jeremiah 18:20 +
3 times; suffix
כָּרוּהָ Numbers 21:18;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִכְרֶה Exodus 21:33;
3rd person masculine plural וַיִּכְרוּ Genesis 26:25;
Participle כֹּרֶה Proverbs 16:27;
Proverbs 26:27; —
dig a grave,
קֶבֶר Genesis 50:5 (J), compare
2 Chronicles 16:14; a well,
בְּאֵר Genesis 26:25 (J),
Numbers 21:18 (song in J E); a pit,
בּוֺר Exodus 21:33; figurative of plotting against others
Psalm 7:16; so followed by
שׁוּחָה Jeremiah 18:20, 22, followed by
שִׁיחָה Psalm 57:7 [
Psalm 57:6];
Psalm 119:85; followed by
שַׁחַת Proverbs 26:27; hence
כֹּרֶה רָעָה Proverbs 16:27 one digging a calamity;
לִי אָזְנַיִם כ׳ Psalm 40:7 ears
hast thou dug (with allusion to the cavity of the ear)
for me, thou hast given me the means of hearing and obeying thy will. — On
Psalm 22:17 see II.
כּוּר.
Niph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular עַד יִכָּרֶה שַׁהַּת Psalm 94:13 until the pit be digged for the wicked, figurative of judgment.
† II. [
כוּר]
verb meaning dubious, perhaps
bore, or
dig, or
hew (Dl
Prol. 121 compare Assyrian
kâru,
fell trees (Dl
HWB 324)) — only
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural כארו =
כָּארוּ for
כָּרוּ Psalm 22:17 (MT
כָּאֲרִי, see
אֲרִי)
they have bored (
digged, hewn) my hands and my feet (si vera lectio; compare Vrss De Pe Che Bae and others; some, however, deriving from
כרה in this sense); hence perhaps following.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
26:25; 26:25; 50:5; 50:5
Exodus
21:33; 21:33
Numbers
21:18; 21:18
2 Chronicles
16:14; 16:14
Psalms
7:16; 7:16; 22:17; 22:17; 40:7; 40:7; 57:6; 94:13; 119:85
Proverbs
16:27; 16:27; 26:27; 26:27
Jeremiah
18:20; 18:20; 18:22
