Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars
KJV Usage: dig (through), row
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָתַר (cha.tar) — to dig. 1) to dig, row 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dig (into houses-of burglary) 1a2) to row (in water)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַחְתֶּרֶת
Open | verb qal
to dig = causative action by which humans make a hole in the ground or a wall, usually with the help of a digging tool; ► in order to be able to gain access to the location behind it
JOB 24:16 · EZK 8:8 · EZK 8:8 · EZK 12:5 · EZK 12:7 · EZK 12:12 · AMO 9:2
Move | verb qal
to row literally: to dig into the water: = to thrust the oars of a ship into a body of water; ► in order to make it move forward
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָתַר vb. dig, row base