EgAr ḥafraẗ gafraẗ حَفْرة جَفْرة
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√ḤFR
barren land, desolate area – BadawiHinds1986.
▪ From *‘to emaciate, render barren, rotten’, fig. use of ↗ḥafara ‘to dig’ (i.e., make holes in the ground), perh. via use of the vb. for young animals ‘digging’ into their mothers’ breasts, sucking vehemently and thus rendering them weak and emaciated; ultimately from protSem *ḤPR ‘to dig.’
▪ See above, section CONC.
For other values of the root, cf. ↗ḥafara, ↗ḥafr,↗ḥāfir, ↗ḥāfiraẗ, as well as, for the general picture, ↗√ḤFR.
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