נָקַר (nāqar) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning bore. It appears
6 times
in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5365).
Also rendered
to dig
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1418)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1418)bore, pick, dig; boring, picking out; boring out; penetrate, quarry; pick out, pierce, put out
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
נָקַרverb: bore, pick, dig
Qalboth of boring, or picking out eye
Pielboth of boring out eyes
Strong's H5365נָקַר: to bore (penetrate, quarry) KJV:dig, pick out, pierce, put (thrust) out.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.