For all the wells
'er (be-ayr')
a pit; especially a well -- pit, well.
which his father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
servants
`ebed (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
had digged
chaphar (khaw-far')
to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore -- dig, paw, search out, seek.
in the days
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
of Abraham
'Abraham (ab-raw-hawm')
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram -- Abraham.
his father
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
the Philistines
Plishtiy (pel-ish-tee')
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine.
had stopped
catham (saw-tham')
to stop up; by implication, to repair; figuratively, to keep secret -- closed up, hidden, secret, shut out (up), stop.
them and filled
male' (maw-lay')
a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
them with earth
`aphar (aw-fawr')
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud -- ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish.
