Lexical Definition

‎כָּרָה‎ kârâh (kaw-raw') to dig ^H:V
a primitive root

dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.

• properly, to dig
• figuratively, to plot
• generally, to bore or open

1) to dig, excavate, dig through
1a) (Qal) to dig
1b) (Niphal) to be dug
2) (Qal) to give a banquet or feast
3) (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎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 Perfect 3 plural ‎כארו‎ = ‎כָּארוּ‎ for ‎כָּרוּ‎ Ps 22:17* (ᵑ0 ‎כָּאֲרִי‎, 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 Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎כָּרָה‎ 2Chr 16:14; Ps 7:16* 2 masculine singular ‎כָּרִיתָ‎ Ps 40:7* 1 singular ‎בָּרִיתִי‎ Gen 50:5 3 plural ‎כָּרוּ‎ Jer 18:20 + 3 t.; sf ‎כָּרוּהָ‎ Num 21:18 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִכְרֶה‎ Exod 21:33 3 masculine plural ‎וַיִּכְרוּ‎ Gen 26:25 Participle ‎כֹּרֶה‎ Prov 16:27; Prov 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 Ps 7:16* so followed by ‎שׁוּחָה‎ Jer 18:20; Jer 18:22, followed by ‎שִׁיחָה‎ Jer 57:7; Jer 119:85 followed by ‎שַׁחַת‎ Prov 26:27 hence ‎כֹּרֶה רָעָה‎ Prov 16:27 one digging a calamity; ‎לִי‎ ‎׳‎‎אָזְנַיִם כ‎ Ps 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 Ps 22:17* verse. II. ‎כּוּר‎. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎עַד יִכָּרֶה שַׁהַּת‎ Ps 94:13 until the pit be digged for the wicked, figurative of judgment.

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