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Root
ח־פ־ר

חָפַר • ‎(khafár) ‎(pa'al construction)

to dig
(by extension) to search, to look through
חפר בארגז החפצים.‎ ― khafár be'argáz hakhafatsím. ― [He] searched in the stuffs crate.
- Genesis 26:19, with translation of the New International Version:
  וַיַּחְפְּרוּ עַבְדֵי־יִצְחָק בַּנָּחַל וַיִּמְצְאוּ־שָׁם בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים׃‎
  Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water there.
(by extension) to tunnel, to burrow or to excavate
(slang) To pester or to annoy especially by talking a lot.
(biblical) to survey, to spy out

Conjugation of חָפַר (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לחפור \ לַחְפֹּר
past	first person	חָפַרְתִּי		חָפַרְנוּ
	second person	חָפַרְתָּ	חָפַרְתְּ	חֲפַרְתֶּם^{[CN 1]}	חֲפַרְתֶּן^{[CN 1]}^{[CN 2]}
	third person	חָפַר	חָפְרָה	חָפְרוּ
present	all persons	חוֹפֵר	חוֹפֶרֶת	חוֹפְרִים	חוֹפְרוֹת
future	first person	אחפור \ אֶחְפֹּר		נחפור \ נַחְפֹּר
	second person	תחפור \ תַּחְפֹּר	תַּחְפְרִי	תַּחְפְרוּ	תחפורנה \ תַּחְפֹּרְנָה^{[CN 3]}
	third person	יחפור \ יַחְפֹּר	תחפור \ תַּחְפֹּר	יַחְפְרוּ	תחפורנה \ תַּחְפֹּרְנָה^{[CN 3]}
imperative	second person	חפור \ חֲפֹר	חיפרי \ חִפְרִי	חיפרו \ חִפְרוּ	חפורנה \ חֲפֹררְנָה^{[CN 3]}
notes		1 2 Pronounced חָפַרְתֶּם/ן in modern informal Hebrew. ↑ Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing. 1 2 3 Uncommon in modern Hebrew.