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ḥpr (a/a) vb. to dig
GDGt
Gpəˁalto dig, excavate2 senses▶
1
to dig, excavate
Common (except: OA)
PAT511:1.1↗ mˁrtˀ dh ḥpr mn kyshwn bt ˁlmˀ : they excavated this cave from their own funds as an eternal home ; PAT525:1.3↗ dy ḥpr wṣbt mˁrtˀ dh : who excavated and decorated this cave ; XHev/Se 8.6↗ למחפר ולמעמקה‏ : to dig and deepen it ; P Gn21:25↗ ܕܒܪܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܐ܂ ܕܚܦܪܘ‏ ; P Prov26:27↗ ܕܚܦܪ ܓܘܡܨܐ ܢܦܠ ܒܗ‏ ; BT Šab 152a(26)↗ חפיר וקביר טב מיניה‏ : )one for whom a grave) is dug and is buried is better off than h ; PJ Gen21:30↗ מן בגלל דתיהווי לי לסהדו ארום חפירית ית בירא הדא‏ : in order that it serve me as evidence that I have dug this well
(1)
to open
CPA
2
to spy out, search for [Heb.]
LJLA
TgJob39:29var.↗ מתמן מאלילי"חפר" מיכלא למרחיק עינוהי מסתכלן‏ : [=MT מִשָּׁם חָפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחוֹק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ׃]†
Dpaˁˁelto dig2 senses▶
1
to dig
LJLA
TgJob39:21var.↗ text not cited ; Tobit(Med) 12.23 chap 8↗ לחפרא קברא בליליא‏ : to dig a grave at night †
2
to make many holes in
Syr
Med ܡܚܲܦ݁ܪ ܠܵܗ ܘܲܡܩܝܡ ܒܗ݀ ܒܲܥܒܘ݁ܥ̈ܝܵܬܵܐ‏ : it digs holes in (the ground) and makes bubbles in it
(1)
p.p. : full of holes
Syr
JohEph 174:2 ܡܛܘܠ ܕܐ݁ܙܓ݂ܐ ܡ݁ܚܦܪܐ ܐ݂ܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ‏ : because the vault (of the building) was full of holes
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be dug1 sense▶
to be dug
Syr
P Ps94:13↗ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܢܬܚܦܪ ܠܪ̈ܫܝܥܐ ܓܘܡܨܐ‏ : until a pit is dug for the wicked ; JoshStyl 49.4↗ ܘܐܬܚ݂ܦܪܘ ܦܣ̈ܐ ܘܐܬܬܩܢ ܫܘܪܐ‏ : the moats were dug out and the wall repaired
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 482[250]DJPA: 212aDJBA: 478aJastrow: 493Drower/Macuch: 151bJ. Payne-Smith: 154Levy Ch-W: 1:276Tal Sam: 290DNWSI: 396Audo: 1:364DCPA[Schulthess]: 136[68]DJA: 50aQumran: 89

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