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ḥāfēr חָפֵר ‘be ashamed’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root ( perhaps rather the same as ḥāfar חָפַר ‘to search’ through the idea of detection)
Roots: חפר

ḥāfēr v
1) to be ashamed, be confounded, be abashed, feel abashed
 1a) (Qal) to be ashamed, be abashed
 1b) (Hiphil) to display shame, demonstrate shame, cause embarrassment

Mentioned in Isaiah 33:9, 1:29, 54:4, 24:23 Jeremiah 50:12, 15:9 Micah 3:7 Psalms 83:18, 35:4, 40:15, 70:3, 34:6, 35:26, 71:24 Proverbs 19:26, 13:5 Job 6:20

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