Lexical Definition

‎חֵקֶר‎ chêqer (khay'-ker) search ^H:N-M
from ‎חָקַר‎

finding out, number, (un-) search(-able, -ed, out, -ing).

• examination, enumeration, deliberation

1) a search, investigation, searching, enquiry, thing to be searched out

See Greek: ἴχνος · πέρας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֵ֫קֶר‎ noun masculine^{Judg 5:16} searching, thing (to be) searched out; — absolute ‎חֵ֫קֶר‎ Job 5:9 + 8 t.; construct id. Job 8:8 + 2 t.; plural construct ‎חִקְרֵי‎ Judg 5:16 — ‎חִקְרֵי לֵב‎ Judg 5:16 searchings, questionings of heart; Job 11:7 canst thou reach ‎אֱלוֺהַּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ i.e. what is to be explored in him, the whole range of his nature, so ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎תהום‎ Job 38:16 the range of the deep; especially ‎׳‎‎אֵין ח‎ i.e. it is unsearchable Job 5:9; Job 9:10; Ps 145:3; Prov 25:3; Isa 40:28, compare ‎׳‎‎לא ח‎ Job 34:24; Job 36:26 ‎אבותם‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 8:8 i.e. thing searched out by their fathers.

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