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title: נָקַר — bore · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָקַר (5365), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: bore. BDB 1906: vb. bore, pick, dig. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָקַר

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«נָקַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bore** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5365 · **BDB:** נָקַר

### Glosses

\[which\].you.were.dug.out (1); gouging.out (1); it.has.pierced (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bore [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5365/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bore, pick, dig [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5365/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bore, pick, dig (NH id., Aramaic נְקַר, ܢܩܰܪ id.; Arabic نَقَرَ perforate, bore out, hollow out Lane2838; Ethiopic ነቈረ be one-eyed Di645);— Impf. 3 mpl. sf. יִקְּרוּהָ Pr 30:17; Inf. נְקוֹר 1 S 11:2, both of boring, or picking out eye (acc.). Impf. 2 ms. תְּנַקֵּר Nu 16:14 (JE), 3 mpl. וַיְנַקְּרוּ Ju 16:21 both of boring out eyes (acc.); Pf. 3 ms. נִקַּר Jb 30:17 he (or it, i.e. the night) boreth my bones מֵעָלָ֑י (of effects of elephantiasis; Bu reads נֻקַּר). Pf. 2 mpl. נֻקַּרְתֶּם Is 51:1 the quarry (from wh.) ye were digged.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָקַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5365/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.17/)

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לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* night bones my it.has.pierced from on me and my.gnawing \[pains\] not they rest

*JPS 1917:* In the night my bones are pierced, and fall from me, and my sinews take no rest.

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[Isaiah 51:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.1/)

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שִׁמְע֥וּ אֵלַ֛י רֹ֥דְפֵי צֶ֖דֶק מְבַקְשֵׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַבִּ֙יטוּ֙ אֶל־צ֣וּר חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם וְאֶל־מַקֶּ֥בֶת בּ֖וֹר נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם׃

*Word for word:* listen to me O.\[you.who\].pursue (of).righteousness \[you.who\].seek (of).Yahweh look to \[the\].rock \[which\].you.were.dug and to \[the\].excavation of.\[the\].pit \[which\].you.were.dug.out

*JPS 1917:* Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

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