כָּרָהkârâh

כאר: see II.

Pronunciation: kaw-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3738

Meanings

כור

כוּר: bore, dig

Qal: they have bored, digged, hewn (Psalms 22:17)

כָּרָה: dig

Qal: dig (2 Chronicles 16:14; Psalms 7:16; Psalms 40:7)

Niph`al: be digged, figurative of judgment (Psalms 94:13)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 14 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 26:25 Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.
  • Genesis 50:5 Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.’ So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”
  • Exodus 21:33 “Suppose someone digs or uncovers a pit and fails to cover it, and then an ox or a donkey falls into it.
  • Numbers 21:18 Sing of this well, which princes dug, which great leaders hollowed out with their scepters and staffs.” Then the Israelites left the wilderness and proceeded on through Mattanah,
  • 2 Chronicles 16:14 He was buried in the tomb he had carved out for himself in the City of David. He was laid on a bed perfumed with sweet spices and fragrant ointments, and the people built a huge funeral fire in his honor.
  • Psalms 7:15 They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).