חפר

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Hebrew

Root
ח־פ־ר (kh-p-r)

Etymology 1

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

Verb

חָפַר (khafár) (pa'al construction)

  1. to dig
  2. (by extension) to search, to look through
    חפר בארגז החפצים.khafár be'argáz hakhafatsím. 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
Conjugation

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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

  1. to be ashamed
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