כָּרָה

Genesis 26:25 וַיִּכְרוּ־ and they dug

So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

Genesis 50:5 כָּרִ֤יתִי I dug

my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”

Exodus 21:33 יִכְרֶ֥ה he will dig

If a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

Numbers 21:18 כָּר֙וּהָ֙ [which] they dug it

The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with their scepters and with their staffs.” From the wilderness the Israelites went on to Mattanah,

2 Chronicles 16:14 כָּֽרָה־ he had dug

And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.

Here: "He had dug." Asa had the tomb cut into the rock while he was still alive, which was what kings and wealthy families did. Here the verb means 'dig, hew out', not 'pierce'.

Psalm 7:15 כָּ֭רָֽה he digs

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

Here: The ordinary verb for digging a pit, well or cistern. It is in a completed form ('he dug'): the plotting is shown as already carried out, a deliberate piece of work.

Psalm 40:6 כָּרִ֣יתָ you dug

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

Here: Normally used for digging a well or a pit. It is a vivid, physical picture: God has dug the ears out, cleared or made the channel, so the speaker can truly hear and respond.

Psalm 57:6 כָּר֣וּ they dug

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Here: 'They dug.' The word is used for digging wells, cisterns and pit traps. Here it means digging a pitfall in the ground.

Psalm 94:13 יִכָּרֶ֖ה it will be dug

to grant him relief from days of trouble, until a pit is dug for the wicked.

Here: Passive: 'is dug' or 'will be dug.' Nobody is named as digging. The unstated digger is almost certainly God, or the moral order God upholds. The verb is used for digging wells, graves and trap pits.

Psalm 119:85 כָּֽרוּ־ they have dug

The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

Proverbs 16:27 כֹּרֶ֣ה [is] digging up

A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Here: The participle 'is digging' describes something he habitually does. The picture is of someone digging a pit to trap someone (Ps 7:15; Prov 26:27). He works hard to prepare harm for others.

Proverbs 26:27 כֹּֽרֶה־ [one who] digs

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Here: A participle, 'one who digs' or 'a pit-digger'. It describes someone whose habit is the activity, and it is joined by a hyphen-like mark to the next word, so the two read as one unit: 'pit-digger'.

Jeremiah 18:20 כָר֥וּ they have dug

Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Here: 'They have dug.' The form describes a finished act. The digging took effort and planning, so this is deliberate scheming, not a moment of anger.

Jeremiah 18:22 כָר֤וּ they have dug

Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.

Here: 'They dug', a completed action. The supplied label 'to pierce' belongs to a disputed use elsewhere (Psalm 22:16). Here the verb plainly means digging, as one digs a well or a hunting pit. It repeats v. 20 word for word.