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Word Summary
chathar: to dig, row
Original Word: חָתַר
Transliteration: chathar
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-thar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to dig, row
Meaning: to force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars
Strong's Concordance
dig through, row

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2864. chathar

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

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





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