1. hole, opening, cavity — A masculine noun denoting a hole, opening, or cavity in a surface or structure. Used of a hole bored in the lid of a chest for collecting temple offerings (2 Kgs 12:10), a hole in the wall of the temple through which Ezekiel looked in vision (Ezek 8:7), the holes or caves in which the Israelites hid from the Philistines (1 Sam 14:11), the holes or dens where creatures dwell (Job 30:6), the opening in a door through which the beloved thrust his hand (Song 5:4), the eye sockets in which flesh wastes away in eschatological plague (Zech 14:12), and the dens of Nahum's lion metaphor (Nah 2:12). The basic sense is any aperture or hollow space, whether natural or man-made. 7×
AR["الـ-حُفَرِ","ثُقوبِ","ثُقْبًا","ثُقْبٌ","حُفَرَهُ","فِي-مَحْجِرَيْهِمَا،","هَ-حُور"]·ben["-ফাঁকের","-সেই-গর্তগুলো","একটি-গর্ত","গর্তে","ছিদ্র-","তাদের-গর্তে","তার-গর্তগুলি"]·DE["[בחריהן]","[החר]","[חר]","[חרי]","[חריו]","der-holes","hole"]·EN["his-holes","hole","hole-","holes-of","in-their-sockets","the-holes","the-opening"]·FR["[בחריהן]","[חר]","hole","l'ouverture,","le-holes","ses-cavernes","חרי"]·heb["ב-חוריהן","ה-חור","ה-חורים","חור","חורי","חוריו"]·HI["अपनी-गुफाएं","गुफाओं","गुफाओं-में","छेद","छेद-","में-अपने-गड्ढों"]·ID["-lubang","di-rongganya","lubang","lubang-lubang","lubang-lubangnya,"]·IT["[בחריהן]","[חר]","[חריו]","hole","holes-of","il-holes","il-il-opening"]·jav["bolongan","bolongan-","guwa-guwanipun","ing-guwa-guwa","ing-lèng","leng"]·KO["구멍을","구멍이-","굴들-에","그-구멍","그-굴들","그들의-구멍들에서","그의-굴들-을"]·PT["as-suas-cavernas","buraco","buracos-de","em-órbitas-suas","o-buraco","os-buracos"]·RU["в-глазницах-их","дыра-","нор","норы-свои","отверстие","пещеры"]·ES["agujero","agujeros-de","cuevas-suyas","el-agujero","en-sus-cuencas","los-agujeros"]·SW["katika-matundu-yao","mapango-ya","mapango-yake","mashimo","shimo-moja","tundu"]·TR["deligin","delik","deliklerden","deliklerini-onun","mağaralarında","oyuklarında"]·urd["اُن-کے-چشموں-میں","اپنے-بِلوں-کو","رہنے کے لیے","سوراخ","سوراخ-","سوراخ-سے","سوراخوں"]
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† III. חֹר, חוֹר 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…