The MT reads כָּאֲרִי (ka'ari, "like a lion"), leaving the clause without a governing verb. The Nachal Chever Tehillim scroll (5/6ḤevPs) preserves כארו — the same consonants but ending in vav rather than yod — read by the LXX (ὤρυξαν), Syriac, and Vulgate (foderunt) as a verb, "they dug/pierced." Some medieval MT mss. also attest ka'aru. If the aleph is taken as a mater lectionis, כארו reduces to כָּרוּ (karu), 3mp perfect of כרה ("to dig, bore"), yielding "they pierced My hands and My feet."1) to dig, excavate, dig through 1a) (Qal) to dig 1b) (Niphal) to be dug 2) (Qal) to give a banquet or feast 3) (Qal) to get by trade, trade, buy