† I. סָגַר verb shut, close (Late Hebrew
id., Aramaic
H5463 סְגַר,
id.; Zinjirli
מסגרת prison Lzb
328; Phoenician
סגר Pi. or Hiph.
deliver over; possibly Ethiopic
(prison)
guard Prä
BAS i. 371); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ Genesis 19:6 +,
3rd person plural סָֽגְרוּ 2 Chronicles 29:7,
סָֽגְר֑וּ Psalm 17:10 (compare Baer's n., Ges
§ 29 o Kö
ii, 1, 535 Anm.),
סָגָר֑וּ Genesis 19:10;
Joshua 2:7;
Imperfect יִסְגֹּר Job 12:14;
Malachi 1:10, 1st person plural cohortative
נִסְגְּרָה Nehemiah 6:10, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
סְגֹר Psalm 35:3;
Isaiah 26:20 (
וּסֲגֹר Baer Ginsb), masculine plural
סִגְרוּ 2 Kings 6:32;
Infinitive construct לִסְגּוֺר Joshua 2:5;
Participle active סֹגֵר Isaiah 22:22; feminine
סֹגֶּרֶת Joshua 6:1 (but see below);
passive סָגוּר 1 Kings 6:20 +
12 times; —
1. shut door (
דֶּלֶת)
Genesis 19:10 (J)
2 Kings 6:32;
Malachi 1:10;
Nehemiah 6:10;
2 Chronicles 28:24;
2 Chronicles 29:7; gate (
שַׁעַר)
Joshua 2:7 (JE)
Ezekiel 46:12, compare
Ezekiel 44:1,
Ezekiel 44:2 (twice in verse);
Ezekiel 46:1,
לִסְגֹּר וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ Joshua 2:5 (JE), also (
שַׁעַר omitted)
Joshua 6:1 (si vera lectio;
סֹגֶרֶת dittograph according to Buhl
Lex 13); door after one (
אַחֲרֵי), on leaving room
Genesis 19:6 (J); upon, behind, oneself, from within (
בְּעַדwhich see)
2 Kings 4:4,
2 Kings 4:5,
2 Kings 4:33;
Isaiah 26:20 (figurative), also (
דֶּלֶת omitted)
Judges 9:51;
2 Kings 4:21; with
דֶּלֶת +
בְּעַד upon one left inside
Judges 3:23, and (
דֶּלֶת omitted)
Genesis 7:16 (J); figurative
דַּלְתֵי בִטְנִי ס׳ Job 3:10, compare
רַחְמָהּ ס׳ 1 Samuel 1:5,
בְּעַד ס׳ רַחְמָהּ 1 Samuel 1:6; absolute
shut (opposed to
מָּתַח)
Isaiah 22:22 (twice in verse); metaphor
חֶלְבָּמוֺ ס׳ Psalm 17:10 their fat (i.e. gross, unreceptive heart)
they have closed.
2.
a. close in upon (
בְּעַד)
Judges 3:22 (fat upon blade of sword), so possibly also
וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה Genesis 2:21 (J)
and flesh closed in, in place of it (usually and he closed flesh, i.e. closed the gap with flesh);
עֲלֵיהֶם הַמִּדְבָּר ס׳ Exodus 14:3 the wilderness hath closed in upon them; object omitted,
יִסְגֹּר עַלאִֿישׁ Job 12:14 he closeth in upon a man, figurative of imprisonment.
b. close up breach (
מֶּרֶץ) [in wall] of city
1 Kings 11:27; possibly
close up [path] (si vera lectio)
Psalm 35:3 Vrss Ol De Bae; JDMich DeW Ew Hup-Now Che take
סְגֹר here as weapon, usually
battle-axe [Greek
σάγαρις] of Massagetae Herod
i. 215 compare Lag
Ges. Abh. 203, also Egyptian
sagartá (loan-word) Bondi
55; both improbable, text probably corrupt; Schw
ZAW xi (1891), 258 reads
חֲגֹר > Hal
Rev. Sém. iii (1894), 47 עוּרָה (compare
Psalm 59:5 [
Psalm 59:4]).
3. Passive participle, closed up =
closely joined with tight seal,
Job 41:7 [
Job 41:15] (of scales of crocodile).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculinesingular נִסְגַּר 1 Samuel 23:7;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 46:2;
3rd person feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:14,
וַתִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:15;
3rd person masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּ Isaiah 45:1;
Isaiah 60:11,
וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּ Nehemiah 13:19;
Imperative masculine singular הִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 3:24; —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סִגַּר 1 Samuel 26:8;
2 Samuel 18:28; suffix
סִגְּרַנִי 1 Samuel 24:19 [
1 Samuel 24:18];
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְסַגֶּרְךָ 1 Samuel 17:46; —
deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to), compare [
H4042] [
מָגַן],
מִגֵּן, above), only Samuel: with accusative of person +
בְּיַד 1 Samuel 17:46;
1 Samuel 24:19 [
1 Samuel 24:18];
1 Samuel 26:8;
בְּיַד omitted
2 Samuel 18:28 (see also [
H5462Hiph.).
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סֻגַּר Isaiah 24:10;
3rd person plural סֻגְּרוּ Jeremiah 13:19,
וְסֻגְּרוּ consecutive
Isaiah 24:22;
Participle feminine
מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶת Joshua 6:1; —
be shut up:
2. of prisoners
עַלמַֿסְגֵּר Isaiah 24:22 =
down into a dungeon.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִסְגִּיר Leviticus 14:46 +;
2nd person masculine singular suffix הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִי Psalm 31:9 [
Psalm 31:8];
1st person singular וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫י Amos 6:8, etc.;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַסְגִּיר Job 11:10,
וַיַּסְגֵּר Psalm 78:48;
Psalm 78:62;
2nd person masculine singular תַּסְגִּר Deuteronomy 23:16 [
Deuteronomy 23:15], jussive
תַּסְגֵּר Obadiah 14, etc.;
Infinitive construct הַסְגִּיר Amos 1:6, suffix
הַסְגִּירוֺ 1 Samuel 23:20,
הַסְגִּירָם Amos 1:9; —
2. shut up (late; chiefly Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14 P):
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