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title: חֹר — hole · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹר (2356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: hole. BDB 1906: hole. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹר

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

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 2356 · **BDB:** חֹר⁴

### Glosses

holes (3); a.hole (2); hole (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2356/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

hole [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2356/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hole;—abs. חֹר 2 K 12:10 Ez 8:7 (del. Co B etc.), חוֹר Ct 5:4, חֹרִים 1 S 14:11; cstr. חֹרֵי Jb 30:6; sf. חֹרָיו Na 2:13, חֹרֵיהֶן Zc 14:12;—hole in lid of chest 2 K 12:10 (made by boring, נקב), in door Ct 5:4; in wall Ez 8:7 (v. supra); = eye-socket עיניו תִּמַּקְנָה בְּח׳ Zc 14:12 (plague of enemies of Jerusalem); holes as hiding-places for men 1 S 14:11, so also 13:6 Ew We Dr (for MT חוחים), dwelling of outcast people חרי עָפָר Jb 30:6; of dens of lions Na 2:13.—i. חֹר, v. ii. חור.

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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 (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.6/)

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בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃

*Word for word:* on.\[the\] slope of.wadis to dwell holes of.\[the\].ground and rocks

*JPS 1917:* In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

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[Song of Songs 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.4/)

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דּוֹדִ֗י שָׁלַ֤ח יָדוֹ֙ מִן־הַחֹ֔ר וּמֵעַ֖י הָמ֥וּ עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* lover my he.sent hand his from the hole and inward.parts my they.were.turbulent on him

*JPS 1917:* My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him.

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