v. n.

tóˀo eráḥan be-ḥófer ḳaríb rího šerḳóḥoʰ ˁin óˀoben di-regέmoʰ ḷe-ˁö́bhor wa-ḷe-díˀseʰ ḷe-rího ‘When in our digging we got close to water, to our dismay a stone appeared in our way that covered the whole opening of the well as well as the water beneath it’ (CSOL III 8:19)

• ḥfor to dig
• ḥfor burrow, hole, cave
• ḥótfer 1. to turn up dust with one’s feet; 2. to do something continuously
• ḥátfar to kick at the ground with one’s feet (while lying down)