This may be true of the Greek ORUSSW, but it is not true of the Hebrew KRH. This Hebrew verb is used in Psalm 40:7 (v.6 in English versions), )FZ:NAIYM K.FRIYTF L.IY, literally "you dug ears for me". I accept that the meaning of this is rather obscure, and it is not helped by the LXX (39:7) KATHRTISW "you prepared". But the meaning probably relates either to ear piercing as in Exodus 21:6 (Hebrew RC(, found only here in the Hebrew Bible) or to God forming the ear cavity in the body - so both a matter of piercing living flesh.
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