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Jonah 1:13
“Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָתַרchâthar · khaw-thar'
H2864 · Hebrew
H2864 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- dig (through), row.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּחְתְּר֣וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 24:16Ezekiel 8:8Ezekiel 8:8Ezekiel 12:5Ezekiel 12:7
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 חָתַר 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.