נָקַר
na.qar
“to dig”
Definition
to bore (penetrate, quarry)
a primitive root;
- to bore, pick, dig, pick out 1a) (Qal) to bore, pick, dig 1b) (Piel) to bore out 1c) (Pual) to be dug out
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
נָקַר appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness,you who seek the LORD:Look to the rock from which you were cut,and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
Night pierces my bones,and my gnawing pains never rest.
Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
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