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# חֹר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2356

**hole** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

hole [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2356/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֹר⁴: hole [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2356/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] hole;—abs. חֹר 2 K 12:10 Ez 8:7 (del. Co B etc.), חוֹר Ct 5:4, חֹרִים 1 S 14:11; cstr. חֹרֵי Jb 30:6; sf. חֹרָיו Na 2:13, חֹרֵיהֶן Zc 14:12;—hole in lid of chest 2 K 12:10 (made by boring, נקב), in door Ct 5:4; in wall Ez 8:7 (v. supra); = eye-socket עיניו תִּמַּקְנָה בְּח׳ Zc 14:12 (plague of enemies of Jerusalem); holes as hiding-places for men 1 S 14:11, so also 13:6 Ew We Dr (for MT חוחים), dwelling of outcast people חרי עָפָר Jb 30:6; of dens of lions Na 2:13.—i. חֹר, v. ii. חור.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: holes (3); a hole (2); hole (1).

## In the verses

[Job 30:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.6/#tree)

בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃

*Word for word:* on.\[the\] slope of.wadis to dwell holes of.\[the\].ground and rocks

*JPS 1917:* In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.

[Song of Songs 5:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.4/#tree)

דּוֹדִ֗י שָׁלַ֤ח יָדוֹ֙ מִן־הַחֹ֔ר וּמֵעַ֖י הָמ֥וּ עָלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* lover my he.sent hand his from the hole and inward.parts my they.were.turbulent on him

*JPS 1917:* My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2356.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2356/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).