Lexicon naqar: to bore, pick, dig Original Word: נָקַרPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: naqar Phonetic Spelling: (naw-kar') Short Definition: dug NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto bore, pick, dig NASB Translationdug (1), gouge (1), gouged (1), pick (1), pierces (1), put (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ נָקַר] verb bore, pick, dig (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic נְקַר  id.; Arabic  perforate, bore out, hollow out Lane 2838; Ethiopic  be one-eyed Di 645); — Qal Imperfect3masculine plural suffix יִקְּרוּהָ Proverbs 30:17; Infinitive נְקוֺר 1 Samuel 11:3, both of boring, or picking out eye (accusative). Pi`el Imperfect. 2 masculine singular תְּנַקֵּר Numbers 16:14 (JE), 3 masculine plural וַיְנַקְּרוּ Judges 16:21 both of boring out eyes (accusative); Perfect3masculine singular נִקַּר Job 30:17 he (or it, i.e. the night) boreth my bones מֵעָלָ֑י (of effects of elephantiasis; Bu reads נֻקַּר). Pu`al Perfect2masculine plural נֻקַּרְתֶּם Isaiah 51:1 the quarry (from which) ye were digged.
Strong's dig, pick out, pierce, put thrust out A primitive root; to bore (penetrate, quarry) -- dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out. |
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