I. [סָכַר] verb shut up, stop up (Aramaic סְכַר, shut up, stop up, dam up; Arabic fill, stop up, dam (river), etc., also also close, stop up door, Lane¹³⁹⁰; Assyrian sikêru, dam up, II. 2. stop ears; compare sikkuru, bolt Dl^{HWB 499}; apparently kindr. with סגר; — hence Egyptian t&213;akar, barrier, Bondi⁸⁸); —

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular ׳יִסָּכֵר מִּי וגו Psalm 63:12 the mouth of liars shall be stopped; 3 masculine plural וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ Genesis 8:2 (P) and the springs of the deep etc., were shut up.

Pi`el Perfect וְסִכַרְתִּ֫י אֶתמִֿצְרַיִם בְּיַד Isaiah 19:4 and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of, etc. (compare סגר, מגן).