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 [Gen 19:6] +, 3 plural סָֽגְרוּ[2Chr 29:7], סָֽגְר֑וּ [Psa 17:10] (compare Baer's n., Ges§ 29o Köii, 1, 535 Anm.), סָגָר֑וּ [Gen 19:10]; [Josh 2:7]; Imperfect יִסְגֹּר [Job 12:14]; [Mal 1:10], [1]plural cohortative נִסְגְּרָה [Neh 6:10], etc.; Imperative masculine singular סְגֹר [Psa 35:3]; [Isa 26:20] (וּסֲגֹר Baer Ginsb), masculine plural סִגְרוּ [2Kin 6:32]; Infinitive construct לִסְגּוֺר [Josh 2:5]; Participle active סֹגֵר [Isa 22:22]; feminine סֹגֶּרֶת [Josh 6:1] (but see below); passive סָגוּר [1Kin 6:20] [12]t.; —
1 shut door (דֶּלֶת) [Gen 19:10] (J) [2Kin 6:32]; [Mal 1:10]; [Neh 6:10]; [2Chr 28:24]; [29:7]; gate (שַׁעַר) [Josh 2:7] (JE) [Ezek 46:12], compare [44:1-2],(twice in verse); [46:1], הַשּׁ ׳וַיְהִי לִסְגֹּר [Josh 2:5] (JE), also (שַׁעַר omitted) [6:1] (si vera 1.; סֹגֶרֶת dittograph according to BuhlLex 13); door after one (אַחֲרֵי), on leaving room [Gen 19:6] (J); upon, behind, oneself, from within (בְּעַד q. v.) [2Kin 4:4-5], [33]; [Isa 26:20] (figurative), also (דֶּלֶת omitted) [Judg 9:51]; [2Kin 4:21]; with דֶּלֶת + בְּעַד upon one left inside [Judg 3:23], and (דֶּלֶת omitted) [Gen 7:16] (J); figurative ׳ס בִטְנִי דַּלְתֵי [Job 3:10], compare ׳ס רַחְמָהּ [1Sam 1:5], רַחְמָהּ ׳ס בְּעַד [1:6]; absolute shut (opposed to מָּתַח) [Isa 22:22] (twice in verse); metaphor ס ׳חֶלְבָּמוֺ [Psa 17:10] their fat (i.e. gross, unreceptive heart) they have closed.
2. a. close in upon (בְּעַד) [Judg 3:22] (fat upon blade of sword), so possibly also תַּחְתֶּנָּה בָּשָׂר וַיִּסְגֹּר [Gen 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 [Exod 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 [1Kin 11:27]; possibly close up [path] (si vera 1.) [Psa 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 [1Kin 6:20-21], [7:49-50], [10:21] = [1Chr 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 [1Sam 23:7]; Imperfect3masculine singular יִסָּגֵר [Ezek 46:2-3];feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵר [Num 12:14], וַתִּסָּגֵר [12:15]; [3]masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּ [Isa 45:1]; [60:11], וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּ [Neh 13:19]; Imperative masculine singular הִסָּגֵר [Ezek 3:24]; —
1 subject person be shut up [in city] [1Sam 23:7], לַמַּחֲנֶה מִחוּץ [Num 12:14-15], (E); בַּיִת בְּתוֺךְ [Ezek 3:24].
2 be shut, closed, of city gates [Ezek 46:2]; [Isa 45:1]; [60:11] and (דלתות) [Neh 13:19].
Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular סִגַּר [1Sam 26:8]; [2Sam 18:28]; suffix סִגְּרַנִי [1Sam 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 [2Sam 18:28] (see also Hiph`il). p. 698
Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular סֻגַּר [Isa 24:10]; [3]plural סֻגְּרוּ [Jer 13:19], וְסֻגְּרוּ consecutive [Isa 24:22]; Participle feminine מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶת [Josh 6:1]; — be shut up:
1 of cities [Jer 13:19] (opposed to מָּתַח), of beleaguered city [Josh 6:1] (JE), of houses [Isa 24:10] (+ מִבּוֺא).
2 of prisoners עַלמַֿסְגֵּר [Isa 24:22] = down into a dungeon.
3 of doors [Eccl 12:14].
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִסְגִּיר [Lev 14:46] +; 2 masculine singular suffix הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִי [Psa 31:9]; [1]singular וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫י [Amos 6:8], etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַסְגִּיר [Job 11:10], וַיַּסְגֵּר [Psa 78:48]; [78:62]; [2]masculine singular תַּסְגִּר [Deut 23:16], jussive תַּסְגֵּר Obadiah 14, etc.; Infinitive construct הַסְגִּיר [Amos 1:6], suffix הַסְגִּירוֺ [1Sam 23:20], הַסְגִּירָם [Amos 1:9]; —
1 deliver up to (compare Pi`el), with accusative of person + בְּיַד [1Sam 23:11-12], [20]; [30:15]; [Josh 20:5] (D) [Psa 31:9]; + לְ [Amos 1:9]; [Psa 78:50]; [78:62], and (accusative of person omitted) [Amos 1:6]; + אֶלֿ [Deut 23:16]; [Job 16:11]; with accusative of animal + לְ [Psa 78:48]; with accusative of person alone [Deut 32:30]; Obadiah 14, accusative omitted [1Sam 23:12]; with accusative urb. alone [Amos 6:8].
2 shut up (late; chiefly Leviticus 13, 14, P):
a. with accusative of person [Lev 13:5], [11], [21], [26] compare [13:4]; [13:31]; [13:33], so (absolute) = imprison [Job 11:10]; with accusative of thing [Lev 13:54] compare [13:50].
b. with accusative הַבַּיִת [Lev 14:38] and (indefinite subject) [14:46].
סְגַר verb shut (see Biblical Hebrew) —
Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular ׳ס [Dan 6:23] shut the lions' mouth (accusative).