Lexical Summary sagar: to shut, close Original Word: סָגַרTransliteration: sagar Phonetic Spelling: (saw-gar') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to shut, close Meaning: to shut up, to surrender Strong's Concordance close up, deliver up, give over up, enclose, pure, repair, shut in, self, A primitive root; to shut up; figuratively, to surrender -- close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, X pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, X straitly. Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 PräBAS 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 Köii, 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 BuhlLex 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 Herodi. 215 compare LagGes. Abh. 203, also Egyptian sagart· (loan-word) Bondi55; both improbable, text probably corrupt; SchwZAW xi (1891), 258 reads חֲגֹר > HalRev. 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, DlHWB 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). |