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title: חָתַר — dig · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָתַר (2864), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: dig. BDB 1906: vb. dig, row. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָתַר

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«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.

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

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

dig [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2864/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. dig, row [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2864/#m2)

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**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.

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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 (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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2864/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.16/)

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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.

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[Ezekiel 12:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.12.5/)

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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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