Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ס Genesis 19:6 +, 3 plural סָֽגְרוּ2Chronicles 29:7, סָֽגְר֑וּ Psalm 17:10 (compare Baer's n., Ges^{§ 29o} Kö^{ii, 1, 535 Anm}.), סָגָר֑וּ Genesis 19:10; Joshua 2:7; Imperfect יִסְגֹּר Job 12:14; Malachi 1:10, 1plural 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 12t.; —

1 shut door (דֶּלֶת) Genesis 19:10 (J) 2 Kings 6:32; Malachi 1:10; Nehemiah 6:10; 2Chronicles 28:24; 29:7; gate (שַׁעַר) Joshua 2:7 (JE) Ezekiel 46:12, compare Ezekiel 44:1,2(twice in verse); Ezekiel 46:1, לִסְגֹּר ׳וַיְהִי הַשּׁ Joshua 2:5 (JE), also (שַׁעַר omitted) Joshua 6:1 (si vera 1.; סֹגֶרֶת dittograph according to Buhl^{Lex 13}); door after one (אַחֲרֵי), on leaving room Genesis 19:6 (J); upon, behind, oneself, from within (בְּעַד q. v.) 2 Kings 4:4,5,33; 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 1.) 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 sagart· (loan-word) Bondi⁵⁵; both improbable, text probably corrupt; Schw^{ZAW xi (1891), 258} reads חֲגֹר > Hal^{Rev. Sém. iii (1894), 47} עוּרָה (compare Psalm 59:5).

3 Passive participle, closed up = closely joined with tight seal, Job 41:7 (of scales of crocodile).

4 elsewhere only Passive participle in זָהָב סָגוּר (gold shut up, and so prized, rare, fine ?), only of temple adornment and utensils 1 Kings 6:20,21; 1 Kings 7:49,50; 1 Kings 10:21 = 1 Chronicles 9:20; 1 Chronicles 4:20,22; perhaps read סָגוּר (abbreviated for ׳ס ׳ז) Job 28:15 (for ᵑ0 סְגוֺר, so Hoffm Bu Du): compare Assyrian —urâƒu sakru, Dl^{HWB 499}.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִסְגַּר 1 Samuel 23:7; Imperfect3masculine singular יִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 46:2; 3feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:14, וַתִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:15; 3masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּ Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 60:11, וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּ Nehemiah 13:19; Imperative masculine singular הִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 3:24; —

1 subject person be shut up [in city] 1 Samuel 23:7, מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה Numbers 12:14,15 (E); בְּתוֺךְ בַּיִת Ezekiel 3:24.

2 be shut, closed, of city gates Ezekiel 46:2; Isaiah 45:1; Isaiah 60:11 and (דלתות) Nehemiah 13:19.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular סִגַּר 1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 18:28; suffix סִגְּרַנִי 1 Samuel 24:19; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְסַגֶּרְךָ 1 Samuel 17:46; — deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to), compare [מָגַן], מִגֵּן, p. 171 b above), only Samuel: with accusative of person + בְּיַד 1 Samuel 17:46; 1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 26:8; בְּיַד omitted 2 Samuel 18:28 (see also Hiph`il). p. 698

Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular סֻגַּר Isaiah 24:10; 3plural סֻגְּרוּ Jeremiah 13:19, וְסֻגְּרוּ consecutive Isaiah 24:22; Participle feminine מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶת Joshua 6:1; — be shut up:

1 of cities Jeremiah 13:19 (opposed to מָּתַח), of beleaguered city Joshua 6:1 (JE), of houses Isaiah 24:10 (+ מִבּוֺא).

2 of prisoners עַלמַֿסְגֵּר Isaiah 24:22 = down into a dungeon.

3 of doors Ecclesiastes 12:14.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִסְגִּיר Leviticus 14:46 +; 2 masculine singular suffix הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִי Psalm 31:9; 1singular וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫י Amos 6:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַסְגִּיר Job 11:10, וַיַּסְגֵּר Psalm 78:48; Psalm 78:62; 2masculine singular תַּסְגִּר Deuteronomy 23:16, jussive תַּסְגֵּר Obadiah 14, etc.; Infinitive construct הַסְגִּיר Amos 1:6, suffix הַסְגִּירוֺ 1 Samuel 23:20, הַסְגִּירָם Amos 1:9; —

1 deliver up to (compare Pi`el), with accusative of person + בְּיַד 1 Samuel 23:11,12,20; 1 Samuel 30:15; Joshua 20:5 (D) Psalm 31:9; + לְ Amos 1:9; Psalm 78:50; Psalm 78:62, and (accusative of person omitted) Amos 1:6; + אֶלֿ Deuteronomy 23:16; Job 16:11; with accusative of animal + לְ Psalm 78:48; with accusative of person alone Deuteronomy 32:30; Obadiah 14, accusative omitted 1 Samuel 23:12; with accusative urb. alone Amos 6:8.

2 shut up (late; chiefly Leviticus 13, 14, P):

a. with accusative of person Leviticus 13:5,11,21,26 compare Leviticus 13:4; Leviticus 13:31; Leviticus 13:33, so (absolute) = imprison Job 11:10; with accusative of thing Leviticus 13:54 compare Leviticus 13:50.

b. with accusative הַבַּיִת Leviticus 14:38 and (indefinite subject) Leviticus 14:46.

סְגַר verb shut (see Biblical Hebrew) —

Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳ס Daniel 6:23 shut the lions' mouth (accusative).