Lexical Definition

‎נָקַר‎ nâqar (naw-kar') to dig ^H:V
a primitive root

dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out.

• to bore (penetrate, quarry)

1) to bore, pick, dig, pick out
1a) (Qal) to bore, pick, dig
1b) (Piel) to bore out
1c) (Pual) to be dug out

See Greek: ἐκκόπτω · ἐξορύσσω · ὀρύσσω · συνθλάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎נָקַר‎] verb bore, pick, dig (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎נְקַר‎ id.; Arabic perforate, bore out, hollow out Lane²⁸³⁸; Ethiopic be one-eyed Di⁶⁴⁵); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine plural suffix ‎יִקְּרוּהָ‎ Prov 30:17 Infinitive ‎נְקוֺר‎ 1Sam 11:3, both of boring, or picking out eye (accusative). Pi`el Imperfect. 2 masculine singular ‎תְּנַקֵּר‎ Num 16:14 (JE), 3 masculine plural ‎וַיְנַקְּרוּ‎ Judg 16:21 both of boring out eyes (accusative); Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎נִקַּר‎ Job 30:17 he (or it, i.e. the night) boreth my bones ‎מֵעָלָ֑י‎ (of effects of elephantiasis; Bu reads ‎נֻקַּר‎). Pu`al Perfect 2 masculine plural ‎נֻקַּרְתֶּם‎ Isa 51:1 the quarry (from which) ye were digged.

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