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title: חֵקֶר — searching · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵקֶר (2714), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: searching. BDB 1906: n.m. searching, thing (to be) searched out. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵקֶר

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«חֵקֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **searching** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2714 · **BDB:** חֵ֫קֶר

### Glosses

searching (7); the.searching (3); resolves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

searching [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2714/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. searching, thing (to be) searched out [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2714/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2714/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 5:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.5.9/)

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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;

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[Job 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.11.7/)

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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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