2864. chathar
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chathar: to dig, row
Original Word: חָתַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chathar
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thar')
Short Definition: dig

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to dig, row
NASB Translation
dig (5), dug (2), rowed (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָתַר verb dig, row (Late Hebrew id., bore (through), so Aramaic חֲתַר ᵑ7 (rare)) —

Qal Perfect ׳ח Job 24:16, חָתַרְתִּי Ezekiel 12:7; Imperfect וָאֶחְתֹּר Ezekiel 8:8, יַחְתְּרוּ Ezekiel 12:12; Amos 9:2, וַיַּחְתְּרוּ Jonah 1:13; Imperative חֲתָרֿ Ezekiel 8:8; Ezekiel 12:5; —

1 dig into houses, with accusative בָּתִּים Job 24:16 (of burglary); followed by בְּ into or through a wall Ezekiel 8:8 (twice in verse) (Co strike out on internal grounds), Ezekiel 12:5,7,12; metaphor followed by בשׁאול Amos 9:2 dig into She'ôl, i.e. as a refuge.

2 row (as digging into the water) Jonah 1:13.



Strong's
dig through, row

A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars -- dig (through), row.

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