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חָתַר

«חָתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: dig — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 8 times · Key: 2864 · BDB: חָתַר

Glosses

I.dug (2); dig (2); they.will.dig (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

dig tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dig, row tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. dig, row (NH id., bore (through), so Aramaic חֲתַר 𝔗 (rare))— Pf. ח׳ Jb 24:16, חָתַרְתִּי Ez 12:7; Impf. וָאֶחְתֹּר Ez 8:8 יַחְתְּרוּ Ez 12:12 Am 9:2, וַיַּחְתְּרוּ Jon 1:13; Imv. חֲתָר־ Ez 8:8; 12:5;— dig into houses, c. acc. בָּתִּים Jb 24:16 (of burglary); sq. בְּ into or through a wall Ez 8:8(×2) (Co del. on intern. grounds), 12:5, 7, 12; metaph. sq. בשׁאול Am 9:2 dig into Sheʾôl, i.e. as a refuge. row (as digging into the water) Jon 1:13.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָתַר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 24:16

חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃

Word for word: he.digs.into in (the) darkness houses by.day they.seal.up for themselves not they.know light

JPS 1917: In the dark they dig through houses; they shut themselves up in the day-time; they know not the light.

Ezekiel 12:5

לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם חֲתָר־לְךָ֣ בַקִּ֑יר וְהוֹצֵאתָ֖ בּֽוֹ׃

Word for word: to eyes their dig (for yourself in the wall and you.will.bring.out in it

JPS 1917: Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

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