The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again."
Original word: מַקֶּ֫בֶת
Transliteration: maqqebeth
Definition (short): quarry
Definition (full): a perforator, a hammer, a perforation, a quarry
Definition: a hole, excavation
NASB Translation: quarry* (1).
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naqab; properly, a perforator, i.e. A hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. A quarry -- hammer, hole.
see HEBREW naqab