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Hebrew wordlink #336131

OSHB Eze 8:8 חֲתָר (ḩₐtār) Strongs=2864 Lemma=‘חָתַר’
contextual word gloss=‘dig’ word gloss=‘dig’
Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular

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Other uses (1) of identical word form חֲתָר (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חֲתָר’ (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) is always and only glossed as ‘dig’.

EZE 12:5 contextual word gloss=‘dig’ word gloss=‘dig’ OSHB EZE 12:5 word 2

OET-LV: 5 To_their _of_eyes dig to/for_yourself(m) in_wall and_you _will _bring _out in/on/over_him/it. (EZE_12:5)

OET-RV: 5 Dig a hole through the city wall where they’ll see you do it, and go out through it. (EZE 12:5)

Hebrew words (6) other than חֲתָר (Morphology=Vqv2ms PoS=qal_verb Type=imperative Person=second Gender=masculine Number=singular) with a gloss related to ‘dig’

EXO 21:33 יִכְרֶה (yikreh) Lemma=‘כָּרָה’ contextual word gloss=‘he_will_dig’ word gloss=‘digs’ OSHB EXO 21:33 word 7

OET-LV: 33 and_because/when anyone he _will _open a _pit or if/because anyone he _will _dig a _pit and_not he_will _cover _it and_it _will _fall (to)_there an _ox or a _donkey. (EXO_21:33)

OET-RV: 33 If someone uncovers a pit for storage, or digs a new one and leaves it uncovered, and a cow or a donkey falls into it, (EXO 21:33)

DEU 8:9 תַּחְצֹב (taḩʦoⱱ) Lemma=‘חָצַב’ contextual word gloss=‘you_will_dig’ word gloss=‘mine’ OSHB DEU 8:9 word 17

OET-LV: 9 A _land which not in_scarcity you _will _eat in_it food not you _will _lack anything in_it a _land which stones _of_its are_iron and_from_its _of_hills you _will _dig copper. (DEU_8:9)

OET-RV: 9 a land with plenty of food where you won’t lack anything. There’s iron in the rocks, and copper in the hills. (DEU 8:9)

DEU 23:14 וְחָפַרְתָּה (vəḩāfartāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘חָפַר’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, you_will_dig’ morpheme glosses=‘and, dig’ OSHB DEU 23:14 word 9

OET-LV: 14  and_a _spade it _will _belong to/for_yourself(m) with equipment _of_your and_it _was when_you_sit _down outside and_you _will _dig with_it and_you _will _turn and_you _will _cover DOM excrement _of_your. (DEU_23:14)

OET-RV: 14 because your god Yahweh walks in your camp to give you victory to defeat your enemies, so your camp must be sacred so he won’t see anything ‘unclean’ and turn away from you. (DEU 23:14)

JER 2:13 לַחְצֹב (laḩʦoⱱ) Lemmas=‘לְ’, ‘חָצַב’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘to, dig’ morpheme glosses=‘to, dug’ OSHB JER 2:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 If/because two evil _things people _of_my it _has _done DOM_me they _have _abandoned a _spring _of water living to_dig to/for_them cisterns cisterns broken which not they _contain the_waters. (JER_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 2:13)

EZE 12:12 יַחְתְּרוּ (yaḩtərū) Lemma=‘חָתַר’ contextual word gloss=‘they_will_dig’ word gloss=‘dig’ OSHB EZE 12:12 word 10

OET-LV: 12 And_the_prince who is_among _of_them to a _shoulder he _will _lift _up in_darkness and_he _will _go _out in_wall they _will _dig to_bring _out in_him/it his/its_faces/face he _will _cover because that not he _will _see to_eye he DOM the_earth/land. (EZE_12:12)

OET-RV: 12 Their leader will lift his things up onto his shoulder in the dark, and will go out through the wall. They’ll dig through the wall and take their things out. He’ll cover his face, so he won’t see the place he’s leaving. (EZE 12:12)

AMOS 9:2 יַחְתְּרוּ (yaḩtərū) Lemma=‘חָתַר’ contextual word gloss=‘they_will_dig’ word gloss=‘dig’ OSHB AMOS 9:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 If they _will _dig in_Shəʼōl from_there hand _of_my it_will _take _them and_if they _will _go _up the_heavens from_there I_will _bring _them _down. (AMO_9:2)

OET-RV: 2 Though they dig down towards Sheol, my hand will reach in there and pluck them out.
⇔ ≈ Though they climb up to heaven, I’ll bring them back down from there. (AMO 9:2)