H3738. karah

[כאר‎] see II. כור‎.

II. [כוּר‎] verb meaning dubious, perhaps bore, or dig, or hew (Dl^{Prol. 121} compare Assyrian kâru, fell trees (Dl^{HWB 324})) — only

Qal Perfect3plural כארו‎ = כָּארוּ‎ for כָּרוּ‎ Psa 22:17 (כָּאֲרִי ᵑ0‎, see אֲרִי‎) they have bored (digged, hewn) my hands and my feet (si vera lectio; compare Vrss De Pe Che Bae and others; some, however, deriving from כרה‎ in this sense); hence perhaps following.

I. כָּרָה‎ verb dig (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כְּרָא‎, Ethiopic Arabic (with and especially Dozy^{ii. 461}); Syriac is be short, cut off (i.e. rounded off ?), Arabic ball; ᵑ7‎. כְּרֵי‎ heap Dalm^{Gr. 109}; Syriac Mishna כרי‎ id.; Assyrian karê large vessels for holding corn, etc., Dl^{HWB 353}, compare kirû (dubious) Wkl^{Tel Am. Vocab}.; Ba^{ZMG 1887, 615} conjectures be round as orig √ meaning, and compare Arabic the leg is round); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular כָּרָה‎2Chr 16:14; Psa 7:16; 2masculine singular כָּרִיתָ‎ 40:7; 1singular בָּרִיתִי‎ Gen 50:5; 3plural כָּרוּ‎ Jer 18:20 3t.; sf כָּרוּהָ‎ Num 21:18; Imperfect3masculine singular יִכְרֶה‎ Exod 21:33; 3masculine plural וַיִּכְרוּ‎ Gen 26:25; Participle כֹּרֶה‎ Prov 16:27; 26:27; — dig a grave, קֶבֶר‎ Gen 50:5 (J), compare 2Chr 16:14; a well, בְּאֵר‎ Gen 26:25 (J), Num 21:18 (song in J E); a pit, בּוֺר‎ Exod 21:33; figurative of plotting against others Psa 7:16; so followed by שׁוּחָה‎ Jer 18:20, 22, followed by שִׁיחָה‎ Jer 57:7; Jer 119:85; followed by שַׁחַת‎ Prov 26:27; hence רָעָה כֹּרֶה‎ 16:27 one digging a calamity; כ ׳אָזְנַיִם לִי‎ Psa 40:7 ears hast thou dug (with allusion to the cavity of the ear) for me, thou hast given me the means of hearing and obeying thy will. — On 22:17 verse. II.כּוּר‎.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular שַׁהַּת יִכָּרֶה עַד‎ Psa 94:13 until the pit be digged for the wicked, figurative of judgment.

詞類次數：動詞（17）

原文字根：挖掘；相當於G2675（καταρτίζω）

字義溯源：挖*，示意：圖謀，鑽，開通，當貨物，挖坑，扎，鑿。註：聖經文庫將H3738（כּוּר‎ / כָּרָה‎）和H3739（כָּרָה‎）兩個編號合併為一

出現次數：總共（17）；創（2）；出（1）；民（1）；代下（1）；伯（2）；詩（6）；箴（2）；耶（2）

譯字彙編：

1）挖（3）出21:33；箴26:27；耶18:20；

2）為我掘了（1）詩119:85；

3）挖妥了（1）詩94:13；

4）圖謀（1）箴16:27；

5）我⋯所掘的（1）創50:5；

6）他們⋯挖了（1）詩57:6；

7）你已開通（1）詩40:6；

8）他們挖（1）耶18:22；

9）扎了（1）詩22:16；

10）鑿的（1）代下16:14；

11）所掘的（1）民21:18；

12）挖坑（1）伯6:27；

13）當貨物麼（1）伯41:6；

14）他挖了（1）詩7:15；

15）挖了（1）創26:25