H5365 H5365
To bore out, gouge, or dig; especially of gouging out eyes, also of piercing bones or quarrying stone.
A verb meaning to bore, gouge, or pick out, with a visceral physicality that makes it one of the more graphic terms in Hebrew Scripture. Its most common application is to the gouging out of eyes: Nahash the Ammonite threatened to gouge out the right eye of every man of Jabesh-gilead (1 Sam 11:2), and the Philistines gouged out Samson's eyes after his capture (Judg 16:21). Proverbs 30:17 warns that ravens will 'pick out' the mocking eye. In Job 30:17, the word shifts to describe bones being pierced by relentless pain. Isaiah 51:1 uses the Pual passive for the quarry from which Israel was 'dug.' The French and Spanish glosses ('crevant,' 'sacar,' 'excavados') capture both the violent extraction and the quarrying senses.
Senses
1. bore out, gouge out, pick out — To bore, gouge, or pick out forcefully, primarily describing the violent extraction of eyes. The Qal form appears in 1 Samuel 11:2 (Nahash's threat) and Proverbs 30:17 (ravens picking out the eye), while the Piel intensifies the action in Judges 16:21 (Samson's blinding) and Numbers 16:14 (a rhetorical accusation). Job 30:17 extends the imagery to bones being 'bored through' by disease. Isaiah 51:1 uniquely applies the Pual passive to quarrying stone, broadening the semantic range from violent bodily harm to excavation. Spanish 'excavados' (quarried) alongside 'sacar' (to extract) reflects this dual application across traditions. 6×
AR["بِ-فَقْءِ", "تَقْلَعُ", "تُثقَبُ", "حُفِرْتُمْ", "وَ-قَلَعُوا", "يَنْقُرُها"]·ben["-উৎপাটনে", "-যা-থেকে-তোমরা-খনন-করা-হয়েছিলে", "এবং-উপড়ে-ফেলল", "খুঁটে-খাবে", "তুমি-তুলে-নেবে", "বিদ্ধ-হয়"]·DE["[יקרוה]", "[נקר]", "[נקרתם]", "in-gouging-heraus", "und-gouged-heraus", "wird-du-gouge-heraus"]·EN["and-gouged-out", "in-gouging-out", "pierces", "will-pick-it-out", "will-you-gouge-out", "you-were-dug"]·FR["[נקרתם]", "dans-crevant-dehors", "et-gouged-dehors", "fera-tu-gouge-dehors", "יקרוה-elle", "נקר"]·heb["בִּ-נְקוֹר", "ו-ניקרו", "ייקרוה", "נוקרתם", "ניקר", "תנקר"]·HI["और-फोड़-डाली", "छेदी-जाती-हैं", "जिससे-तुम-खोदे-गए", "तू-फोड़ेगा", "निकालने-से", "नोचेंगे-उसे"]·ID["akan-mencukil-dia", "dan-mencungkil", "dari-mana-kamu-digali", "dengan-mencungkil", "ditusuk", "engkau-akan-mencongkel"]·IT["[נקרתם]", "e-gouged-fuori", "fara-tu-gouge-fuori", "in-gouging-fuori", "pierces", "will-pick-esso-fuori-sua"]·jav["badé-dipuncothot", "ingkang-panjenengan-kakeduk", "kabongkar", "lan-nyoloki", "nalika-ncolok", "panjenengan-badhe-nyolok"]·KO["그리고-뽑았다", "너희가-파내어진", "네가-파낼-것인가", "뚫린다", "쪼아-먹으리라-그것을", "파내기로"]·PT["arrancarão-o", "e-furaram", "em-furar", "fostes-cavados", "furarás", "são-perfurados"]·RU["выклюют-его", "выколешь", "выколоть-", "и-выкололи", "из-которого-выкопаны-вы", "прободаются"]·ES["en-sacar", "fuisteis-excavados", "lo-sacarán", "sacarás?", "son-perforados", "y-le-sacaron"]·SW["inachomwa", "kwa-kuchomoa", "mlichimbwa", "na-wakamng'oa", "utayang'oa", "watalichomoa"]·TR["deliniyor", "kazilindiginiz", "oyacaksın", "oyarak", "oyarlar-onu", "ve-oydular"]·urd["اور-نوچ-لیں", "تم-کھودے-گئے-جس-سے", "تو-نکالےگا", "نوچیں-گے-اُسے", "نکالنے-سے", "چھیدتی ہے"]
Related Senses
H0935 1. come, arrive (Qal) (2413×)G1473 1. first person singular pronoun (2084×)H3318 1. Qal: go out, depart, come forth (891×)H7725 1. to return, come/go back (Qal) (874×)H5927 1. go up, ascend (Qal) (779×)H7971 1. to send, dispatch (Qal) (701×)G2064 1. come / arrive (physical movement toward) (588×)H5307 1. Qal: fall down physically (339×)H5375 1. Qal: to lift up, raise (330×)H5975 1. to stand, stand up (310×)H5674a 1. Qal: pass by, pass through (256×)H3381 1. Qal: to go down, descend (physical movement) (242×)G1831 1. go/come out physically (193×)H5337 1. deliver, rescue, save (Hifil) (188×)H7901 1. lie down, rest, sleep (183×)G1525 1. enter a place physically (179×)H7812 1. prostrate oneself, bow down, worship (173×)H3318 2. Hifil: bring out, lead out, take out (persons) (172×)H7725 2. to bring back, restore (Hifil) (151×)H5674a 2. Qal: cross over (134×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [נָקַר] vb. bore, pick, dig (NH id., Aramaic נְקַר, ܢܩܰܪ id.; Arabic نَقَرَ perforate, bore out, hollow out Lane2838; Ethiopic ነቈረ be one-eyed Di645);— Qal Impf. 3 mpl. sf. יִקְּרוּהָ Pr 30:17; Inf. נְקוֹר 1 S 11:2, both of boring, or picking out eye (acc.). Pi. Impf. 2 ms. תְּנַקֵּר Nu 16:14 (JE), 3 mpl. וַיְנַקְּרוּ Ju 16:21 both of boring out eyes (acc.); Pf. 3 ms. נִקַּר Jb 30:17 he (or it,…