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Ecclesiastes 10:8
“He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָפַרchâphar · khaw-far'
H2658 · Hebrew
H2658 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- dig, paw, search out, seek.
- Grammar
- חֹפֵ֥ר — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 22 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 21:30Genesis 26:15Genesis 26:18Genesis 26:18Genesis 26:19
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָפַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.