Hebrew edit

Root
ח־ק־ר (ḥ-q-r)

Verb edit

נֶחְקַר (nekhkár) third-singular masculine past (nif'al construction, active counterpart חָקַר)

  1. to be investigated
    • Tanach, 2 Chronicles 4:18, with translation of the King James Version:
      וַיַּעַשׂ שְׁלֹמֹה כָּל־הַכֵּלִים הָאֵלֶּה לָרֹב מְאֹד כִּי לֹא נֶחְקַר מִשְׁקַל הַנְּחֹשֶׁת׃
      v'yá'as sh'lomó kol-hakelím ha'éle laróv m'ód ki lo nekhkár mishkál han'khóshet.
      Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

Conjugation edit