חֵקֶר
Used: 13 times · Key: 2714 · BDB: חֵ֫קֶר
Glosses
searching (7); the.searching (3); resolves (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
searching tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. searching, thing (to be) searched out tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Ju 5:16 searching, thing (to be) searched out;—abs. הֵ֫קֶר Jb 5:9 + 8 times; cstr. id. Pr 25:27 + 2 times; pl. cstr. חִקְרֵי Ju 5:16;—חִקְרֵי לֵב Ju 5:16 searchings, questionings of heart; Jb 11:7 canst thou reach ח׳ אֱלוֹהַּ i.e. what is to be explored in him, the whole range of his nature, so ח׳ תהום 38:16 the range of the deep; especially אֵין ח׳ i.e. it is unsearchable Jb 5:9; 9:10 ψ 145:3 Pr 25:3 Is 40:28, cf. לא ח׳ Jb 34:24; 36:26; ח׳ אבותם 8:8 i.e. thing searched out by their fathers.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֵקֶר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
עֹשֶׂ֣ה גְ֭דֹלוֹת וְאֵ֣ין חֵ֑קֶר נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת עַד־אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃
Word for word: [who].does great.[things] and there.[is].not searching wonders until there.[is].not number
JPS 1917: Who doeth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number;
הַחֵ֣קֶר אֱל֣וֹהַ תִּמְצָ֑א אִ֤ם עַד־תַּכְלִ֖ית שַׁדַּ֣י תִּמְצָֽא׃
Word for word: the searching? of.God will.you.find or? to the.end of.[the].Almighty will.you.find
JPS 1917: Canst thou find out the deep things of God? Canst thou attain unto the purpose of the Almighty?
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