BDB4180 [H3738]

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; ᵑ7. 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 3 masculine singular כָּרָה 2Chr 16:14; Ps 7:16 2 masculine singular כָּרִיתָ Ps 40:7 1 singular בָּרִיתִי Gen 50:5 3 plural כָּרוּ Jer 18:20 + 3 t.; sf כָּרוּהָ Num 21:18 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִכְרֶה Exod 21:33 3 masculine plural וַיִּכְרוּ Gen 26:25 Participle כֹּרֶה Prov 16:27; Prov 26:27 — dig a grave, קֶבֶר Gen 50:5 (J), compare 2Chr 16:14 a well, בְּאֵר Gen 26:25 (J), Num 21:18 (song in J E); a pit, בּוֺר Exod 21:33 figurative of plotting against others Ps 7:16 so followed by שׁוּחָה Jer 18:20; Jer 18:22, followed by שִׁיחָה Jer 57:7; Jer 119:85 followed by שַׁחַת Prov 26:27 hence כֹּרֶה רָעָה Prov 16:27 one digging a calamity; לִי ׳אָזְנַיִם כ Ps 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 Ps 22:17 verse. II. כּוּר. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular עַד יִכָּרֶה שַׁהַּת Ps 94:13 until the pit be digged for the wicked, figurative of judgment.

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