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Where does “חפר” come from?

חפר (Hebrew) comes from Proto-Semitic ḥapar- — to dig.

חפר (Hebrew): to dig; to search, to look through; to tunnel, to...

Definitions

  1. to dig; to search, to look through; to tunnel, to...

Ancestry of “חפר”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Semiticḥapar-to dig
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