{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3738",
  "lemma": "כָּרָה",
  "transliteration": "kârâh",
  "definition": "properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open",
  "kjv": "dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.",
  "occurrences": 17,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[כוּר] vb. mng. dub., perh. bore, or dig, or hew—only Qal ψ 22:17",
    "כָּרָה vb",
    "כָּרָה vb. dig",
    "Qal dig a grave; a well; a pit",
    "Niph. until the pit be digged of the wicked, fig. of judgment."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:25",
      "text": "He built an altar there, and called on the LORD’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 50:5",
      "text": "‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/50?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 21:33",
      "text": "“If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn’t cover it, and a bull or a donkey falls into it,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=33"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 21:18",
      "text": "the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 18:20",
      "text": "Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/18?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 18:22",
      "text": "Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/18?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 7:16",
      "text": "He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/7?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 22:17",
      "text": "For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/22?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 40:7",
      "text": "Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/40?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 57:7",
      "text": "They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/57?v=7"
    }
  ],
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