H5462. sagar

I. סָגַר‎ verb shut, close (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic סְגַר‎, id.; Zinjirli מסגרת‎ prison Lzb³²⁸; Phoenician סגר‎ Pi`el or Hiph`il deliver over; possibly Ethiopic (prison) guard Prä^{BAS i. 371}); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ס‎ Genesis 19:6 +, 3 plural סָֽגְרוּ‎2 Chronicles 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; 2 Chronicles 28:24; 29:7; gate (שַׁעַר‎) Joshua 2:7 (JE) Ezekiel 46:12, compare 44:1-2,(twice in verse); 46:1, הַשּׁ ׳וַיְהִי לִסְגֹּר‎ Joshua 2:5 (JE), also (שַׁעַר‎ omitted) 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 ׳ס בִטְנִי דַּלְתֵי‎ Job 3:10, compare ׳ס רַחְמָהּ‎ 1 Samuel 1:5, רַחְמָהּ ׳ס בְּעַד‎ 1:6; absolute shut (opposed to מָּתַח‎) Isaiah 22:22 (twice in verse); metaphor ס ׳חֶלְבָּמוֺ‎ 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 תַּחְתֶּנָּה בָּשָׂר וַיִּסְגֹּר‎ Genesis 2:21 (J) and flesh closed in, in place of it (usually and he closed flesh, i.e. closed the gap with flesh); ׳ס הַמִּדְבָּר עֲלֵיהֶם‎ Exodus 14:3 the wilderness hath closed in upon them; object omitted, עַלאִֿישׁ יִסְגֹּר‎ 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 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 סָגוּר זָהָב‎ (gold shut up, and so prized, rare, fine ?), only of temple adornment and utensils 1 Kings 6:20-21, 7:49-50, 10:21 = 1 Chronicles 9:20; 4:20, 22; perhaps read סָגוּר‎ (abbreviated for ׳ז ׳ס‎) Job 28:15 (for סְגוֺר ᵑ0‎, so Hoffm Bu Du): compare Assyrian —urâƒu sakru, Dl^{HWB 499}.

Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נִסְגַּר‎ 1 Samuel 23:7; Imperfect3masculine singular יִסָּגֵר‎ Ezekiel 46:2-3;feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵר‎ Numbers 12:14, וַתִּסָּגֵר‎ 12:15; 3masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּ‎ Isaiah 45:1; 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, לַמַּחֲנֶה מִחוּץ‎ Numbers 12:14-15, (E); בַּיִת בְּתוֺךְ‎ Ezekiel 3:24.

2 be shut, closed, of city gates Ezekiel 46:2; Isaiah 45:1; 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 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 17:46; 24:19; 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; 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; 30:15; Joshua 20:5 (D) Psalm 31:9; + לְ‎ Amos 1:9; Psalm 78:50; 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 13:4; 13:31; 13:33, so (absolute) = imprison Job 11:10; with accusative of thing Leviticus 13:54 compare 13:50.

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

סְגַר‎ verb shut (see Biblical Hebrew) —

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