Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to bore (penetrate, quarry)
KJV Usage: dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
נָקַר (na.qar) — to dig. 1) to bore, pick, dig, pick out 1a) (Qal) to bore, pick, dig 1b) (Piel) to bore out 1c) (Pual) to be dug out
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · נְקָרָה
Impact | verb pi
to gnaw exact meaning unsure; literally: to dig out: = causative action by which a condition inflicts an excruciating pain on someone's body (literally: bones)
Non-Whole | verb pi, verb qal
to gouge out literally: to dig out; hence: = causative action by which humans forcefully remove the eyes of other humans from their sockets to make them blind
Exist | verb pu'al | ≈ חצב
to dig out = causative action by which humans strike an object repeatedly with an axe, chisel, or other sharp implement, ► in order to alter its shape and so create a new object out of it
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָקַר] vb. bore, pick, dig Qal both of boring, or picking out eye
Pi. both of boring out eyes
Pu. the quarry (fr. wh.) ye were digged.
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