1. a. gate, entrance to city, shut (סָגַר) by night Joshua 2:5,7 (JE), compare Isaiah 45:1, opened (מָּתַח) by day Nehemiah 7:3, compare Isaiah 60:11; for entrance (בּוֺא), and exit (יָצָא) Jeremiah 17:19,20,21,24,25,27; Lamentations 4:12; Ezekiel 26:10 +; ׳עָבַר שׁ Micah 2:13 pass out through (disregard accents), ׳בַּשׁ ׳ע Isaiah 62:10; with bars Psalm 147:13; attacked Ezekiel 21:20; Ezekiel 21:27, compare Isaiah 28:6; Micah 1:9,12; 1 Samuel 17:52; on Judges 5:8,11 see Commentaries; burned (by foe) Jeremiah 19:27; Jeremiah 51:58; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:3,13,17; as giving control, possession, of city, אֹיְבָיו ׳יָרַשׁ אֵת שׁ Genesis 22:17; Genesis 24:60 (J); ׳מֶּתַח הַשּׁ Judges 9:40 + (see ׳פ), ׳דַּלְתוֺת הַשּׁ 1 Samuel 21:14 + (see ׳ד

3); ׳מֶּתַחהַֿשּׁ Judges 18:16,17 of farm or village; so of camp Exodus 32:26,27 (J). In cities, elaborate structure, with roof 2 Samuel 18:24, upper chamber 2 Samuel 19:1; compare שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9; write laws ׳בִּשׁ Deuteronomy 6:9 ( + עַלמְֿזֻזוֺת בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ), Deuteronomy 11:20 (+id..); ׳בְּתוֺךְ הַשּׁ 1 Samuel 9:18, ׳אֶלאתּוֺךְ הַשּׁ 2 Samuel 3:27; ׳(לְ)יַד שׁ as public, 1 Samuel 4:18, + 1 Samuel 4:13 ᵐ5 Th We Dr and others, compare 2 Samuel 15:2; 2 Samuel 18:4; Proverbs 8:3 ("" מְבוֺא פְתָחִים).

b. particular gates of Jerusalem are:-1אֶפְרַיִם ׳שׁ 3b); (16) הַמִּנָּה ׳שׁ 2 Kings 14:13 "" 2 Chronicles 25:23 (read הַמִּנָּה for הַמּוֺנֶה), Jeremiah 31:38; 2Chronicles 26:9; probably = הַמִּנִּים ׳שׁ Zechariah 14:10; -17הַצּאֹן ׳שׁ Nehemiah 3:1,32; Nehemiah 12:39; -18הָרִאשׁוֺן ׳שׁ Zechariah 14:10; — on sites and related to each other see RS-GASm^{Ency. Bib. JERUSALEM} Conder^{Hast. DB id.} Buhl^{G 133 ff.} Bd^{Pal. under the word} Murray^{Hd. Bk, under the word} BeRy^{Ne p. 182 ff.} Gu^ZPV, especially v (1882). 7 ff. viii (1885), 245 ff. Comm.^{on the passage variant} reading

c. of Ezekiel's holy city, שַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר Ezekiel 48:31, three on each side, named for tribes, Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:31; Ezekiel 48:31 12t. Ezekiel 48..

2. a. gate = space inside gate, as public meeting-place, market 2 Kings 7:1,18, place of public well 2 Samuel 23:15,16 = 1 Chronicles 11:17,18, where elders, judges, king, sat officially Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15; Amos 5:12,15; Isaiah 29:21; 2 Samuel 18:24; 2 Samuel 19:9; 1 Kings 22:10 2Chronicles 18:9; Genesis 19:1 (J) Proverbs 24:7; Job 5:4; Job 31:21; Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); Proverbs 31:23,31, etc.; of conqueror Jeremiah 1:15; apparently = ׳רְחוֺב שׁ Genesis 19:2 (J) Nehemiah 8:16; 1 Chronicles 9:16 + (see I. ׳ר); Genesis 34:20 (P) one came unto gate (בָּא אֶלֿ), so ׳בָּאֵי שׁ Genesis 23:10,18 (P) those entering the gate, i.e. having citizens' rights; also went out (to), ׳יָצָא שׁ Job 29:7 (i.e., in this case, from his own house, outside the city), hence ׳כָּליֹֿצְאֵי שׁ Genesis 34:24 (twice in verse) (P; compare also הוֺצִיא אֶלֿ Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15,24); hence = body of citizens, עַמִּי׳כָּלשֿׁ Ruth 3:11.

b. hence also = city Isaiah 14:31 ("" עִיר), Psalm 87:2, etc.

c. specifically in Deuteronomy, בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ in thy gates, i.e. thy cities, towns, etc., Deuteronomy 5:14 = Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 12:12,15,17,21 22t. Deuteronomy + 1 Kings 8:37 (read ׳בְּאַחַד שׁ, compare Deuteronomy 18:6; Deuteronomy 23:17, so ᵐ5 ᵑ6 modern), so "" 2 Chronicles 6:28, + (perhaps) Jeremiah 14:2 (but Jeremiah 15:7; Nahum 3:13 figurative of gates as entrance to land); of private house, שַׁעֲרֵי צַדִּיק Proverbs 14:19 (perhaps compare Judges 18:16 1a above).

3. a. gate of royal castle or palace 2 Kings 9:31; Jeremiah 22:2,4; Nehemiah 2:8; Esther 2:19 10t. Esther; specifically (of king of Judah), סוּר ׳שׁ 2 Kings 11:6 = הַיְסוֺד ׳שׁ2Chronicles 23:5 (see ׳ס, ׳יס), הָרָצִים ׳שׁ 2 Kings 11:19, ׳אַחַר הָר ׳הַשּׁ 2 Kings 11:6; ׳הַסּוּסִים בֵּית הַמּ ׳שׁ2Chronicles 23:15 ( = ׳מְבוֺא הַסּ "" 2 Kings 11:16); apparently of official residence, יְהוֺשֻׁעַ ׳מֶּתַח שׁ 2 Kings 23:8.

b. of temple Jeremiah 7:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 9:23; 1 Chronicles 16:42 12t. Chronicles, including ׳שַׁעֲרֵי מַחֲנוֺת י2Chronicles 31:2 (see מַחֲנֶה

1, p. 334), compare Psalm 100:4; Psalm 118:20, שַׁעֲרֵי צֶדֶק Psalm 100:19; specifically בִּנְיָמִין הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳שׁ Jeremiah 20:2, and (omit ׳בִּנְי) 2 Kings 15:35 2Chronicles 27:3; Ezekiel 9:2; 2Chronicles 23:20, הֶחָדָשׁ ׳(בֵּית) י ׳שׁ Jeremiah 26:10; Jeremiah 36:10, הַמְּנִימִית הַמּוֺנֶה ׳שׁ צָפוֺנָה Ezekiel 8:3 compare Ezekiel 8:14, Ezekiel 8:5, הַקַּדְמֹנִי ׳הַמִּזְבֵּחַ שַׁעַר בֵּית י ׳שׁ Ezekiel 10:19; Ezekiel 11:1; שַׁלֶּכֶת ׳שׁ 1 Chronicles 26:16; שַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶח 1 Chronicles 9:18.

c. of Ezekiel's temple and courts Ezekiel 40:3,6; Ezekiel 44:11,17 67t. Ezekiel 40-47.

d. of court of tabernacle (P), הֶחָצֵר ׳שׁ Exodus 27:16; Exodus 35:17 + 6t. Exodus + Numbers 4:36.

4 figurative הַשָּׁמַיִם ׳זֶה שׁ Genesis 28:17 (E; "" בֵּית אֱלֹהִים); plural שַׁעֲרֵי שְׁאוֺל Isaiah 38:10; מָֿוֶת׳שׁ Job 38:17; Psalm 9:14; Psalm 107:18; צַלְמָוֶת ׳שׁ Job 38:17.

תְּרַע noun [masculine] gate, door (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew שַׁ֫עַר, √I. שׁער); — construct ׳ת:

1 door of furnace Daniel 3:26.

2 gate of king, i.e. palace, court, Daniel 2:29 (compare Esther 2:19, see שַׁ֫עַר

3a; also Arabic gate, then the court of a sovereign; plural Sublime Porte, of Turkish court, see especially Dozy^{i. 124}).