חָתַר

In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.” When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, dig now in the wall.” When I had dug in the wall, I saw a door.

Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your stuff out that way.

I did so as I was commanded. I brought out my stuff by day, as stuff for moving, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my hand. I brought it out in the dark, and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.

“ ‘The prince who is among them will bear on his shoulder in the dark, and will go out. They will dig through the wall to carry things out that way. He will cover his face, because he will not see the land with his eyes.

Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not, for the sea grew more and more stormy against them.