חפר

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Hebrew

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Root
ח־פ־ר (kh-p-r)

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Semitic *ḥapar-. Cognate with Arabic حَفَرَ (ḥafara).

Verb

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חָפַר (khafár) (pa'al construction)

  1. to dig
  2. (by extension) to search, to look through
    חפר בארגז החפצים.khafár be'argáz hakhafatsím.[He] searched in the stuffs crate.
    • Tanach, Genesis 26:19, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיַּחְפְּרוּ עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָק בַּנָּחַל וַיִּמְצְאוּ־שָׁם בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים׃
      Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
  3. (by extension) to tunnel, to burrow or to excavate
  4. (slang) To pester or to annoy especially by talking a lot.
  5. (biblical) to survey, to spy out
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Semitic *ḫapar-. Cognate with Arabic خَفِرَ (ḵafira).

Verb

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חָפֵר (khafér, ḥāp̄ēr) (pa'al construction)

  1. to be ashamed
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