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Strong's #2659 - חָפַר
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- to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
- (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
- (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment
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2192) rph (ההפר HhPR) AC: Dig CO: Mole AB: ?: A digging in the soil, as a mole, for a well or possibly a treasure. Also a digging into an incident for understanding. [from: pk]
V) rph (ההפר HhPR) - I. Dig:To dig in the ground, also to dig into something as if searching. II. Confuse:To be confused, in the sense of digging for understanding. KJV (39): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) dig, search, paw, seek, confounded, ashamed, shame, confusion, reproach - Strongs: H2658 (חָפַר), H2659 (חָפַר)
cf) rfph (ההפור HhPWR) - Mole: A digger. KJV (1): mole - Strongs: H2661 (חַפַרְפֵּרָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, especially Aph`el be ashamed, put to shame; Arabic 
be bashful, 
shy, bashful; Ethiopic 
be ashamed, blush) — Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular חָֽפְרָה Jeremiah 50:12; וְחָֽפְרָה consecutive Isaiah 24:23; וְחָפֵ֑רָה Jeremiah 15:9; חָֽפְרוּ Psalm 71:24; וְחָֽפְרוּ consecutive Micah 3:7; Imperfect יַחְמְּרוּ Psalm 35:4 4t.; יֶחְמָּ֑רוּ Psalm 34:6; וַיֶּחְמָּ֑רוּ Job 6:20; תַּחְמְּרוּ Isaiah 1:29; — be abashed, ashamed, said of face Psalm 34:6 (avoided by looking to ׳י); elsewhere always "" בּוֺשׁ, of enemies of righteousness Psalm 71:24; Psalm 35:4; Psalm 35:26; Psalm 40:15 = Psalm 70:3; Psalm 83:18; of idolaters Isaiah 1:29; diviners Micah 3:7; of distressed Jerusalem Jeremiah 15:9; so of Babylon Jeremiah 50:12; of moon Isaiah 24:33; be put to shame (disappointment), of caravans looking for water Job 6:20.
Hiph`il Perfect הֶחְמִּיר Isaiah 33:9; Imperfect יַחְמִּיר Proverbs 13:5; תַּחְמִּ֫ירִי Isaiah 54:4; Participle מַחְמִּיר Proverbs 19:26; — display shame, figurative of Lebanon Isaiah 33:9 ("" קָמַ֑ל 'dried up' Che); of Israel Isaiah 54:4 ("" בּוֺשׁ Qal); of an unfilial Song of Solomon , cause shame Proverbs 19:26 ("" מֵבִישׁ); compare Proverbs 13:5 of wicked ("" יבאישׁ: see באשׁ
Hiph`il above).
חָפַר fut. יַחְפֹּר, Arabic جَفَرَ
(1) to dig, as a well, a pit, Genesis 21:30, 26:15, seq.; Ecclesiastes 10:8 spoken of a horse, Job 39:21, יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק “they dig in the valley.” Virg. Georg. 3:87, 88, “cavat tellurem.” (In the Western languages this power is found in the same letters transposed in the roots grf, glf, as γράφω, χρίμπτω; γλάφω, γλύφω; sCRiBo, sCaLPo, sCuLPo; graben.) Metaph. to dig a pit for, to lay snares, to plot, Psalms 35:7.
(2) to search out, to explore (comp. בָּקַר No. 3, and Sim. Arc. Form., page 62). Job 39:29, “from thence she seeketh the prey;” followed by an acc. to explore (a country), Deuteronomy 1:22; Joshua 2:2, Joshua 2:3. As to Isaiah 2:20, see חֲפַרְפֵּרָה.
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