H3738 - כָּרָה (kârâh)

H3738 כָּרָה (kârâh) kaw-raw'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open

KJV Usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

כוּר (khur) — to dig. 1) to dig, excavate, dig through, cut 1a) (Qal) to dig

כָּרָה (ka.rah) — to pierce. 1) to pierce, excavate, dig through 1a) (Qal) to dig 1b) (Niphal) to be dug

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

כרה (A3735 · H3738a · H3738b · H3739a · H3739b) — כרא

verb · כָּרָה · מִכְרֶה

Exist | verb qal | ≈ חפר

to dig, to hew out = action by which humans break up and move earth or stone, usually with a tool, and with the purpose of creating a hole

GEN 26:25 · GEN 50:5 · EXO 21:33 · NUM 21:18 · 2CH 16:14 · PSA 7:16 · PSA 57:7 · PSA 94:13 · PSA 119:85 · PRO 26:27 · JER 18:20 · JER 18:22

Think | verb qal

Collocation: כרה רָעָה

to plot, to concoct, to rake up literally: to dig out evil; hence: = action by which humans are exercising their minds in order to determine what must be done to do evil

PRO 16:27

Willing

Collocation: כרה אָזְנַיִם

to give an open ear literally: to hew out two ears; hence, probably: = causative action by which deities cause humans to be willing and obedient by giving them ears that are willing to listen

PSA 40:7

verb

Possess | verb qal | ≈ שׁבר

to purchase, to buy = action by which humans acquire an animate or inanimate object ◄ by means of a financial transaction or in another way

DEU 2:6 · HOS 3:2

Speak | verb qal

to barter, to bargain = action by which a potential buyer and seller negotiate about the price

JOB 6:27 · JOB 40:30

verb · כֵּרָה

Festivals | verb qal

Collocation: כרה כֵּרָה

to hold a feast = causative action by which humans hold a celebration involving eating and drinking

2KI 6:23

verb

Afraid | verb etpe'el | ≈ בהל

Collocation: רוּחַ כרה

(one's) spirit is troubled, (one's) spirit is anxious = process by which the human mind is deeply troubled by a certain event

DAN 7:15

¹ PSA 40:7 RSV NRSV ESV "you have given me an open ear" NJPS "you gave me to understand" REB "you have given me receptive ears" GNT "you have given me ears to hear you" CEV "you made me willing to listen and obey" | NIV "my ears you have pierced" (cf. EXO 21:6)

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[כוּר] vb. mng. dub., perh. bore, or dig, or hew—only Qal ψ 22:17 ref

כָּרָה vb. dig Qal dig a grave; a well; a pit

Niph. until the pit be digged of the wicked, fig. of judgment.

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