† I. סָגַר verb shut, close (Late Hebrew 
id., Aramaic 
H5463 סְגַר, 
 id.
 id.; Zinjirli 
מסגרת prison Lzb
328; Phoenician 
סגר Pi. or Hiph. 
deliver over; possibly Ethiopic 

 (prison) 
guard Prä
BAS i. 371); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ס׳ Genesis 19:6 +, 
3rd person plural סָֽגְרוּ 2 Chronicles 29:7, 
סָֽגְר֑וּ Psalm 17:10 (compare Baer's n., Ges
§ 29 o Kö
ii, 1, 535 Anm.), 
סָגָר֑וּ Genesis 19:10; 
Joshua 2:7; 
Imperfect יִסְגֹּר Job 12:14; 
Malachi 1:10, 1st person plural 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 + 
12 times; — 
    1. shut door (
דֶּלֶת) 
Genesis 19:10 (J) 
2 Kings 6:32; 
Malachi 1:10; 
Nehemiah 6:10; 
2 Chronicles 28:24; 
2 Chronicles 29:7; gate (
שַׁעַר) 
Joshua 2:7 (JE) 
Ezekiel 46:12, compare 
Ezekiel 44:1, 
Ezekiel 44:2 (twice in verse); 
Ezekiel 46:1, 
לִסְגֹּר וַיְהִי הַשּׁ׳ Joshua 2:5 (JE), also (
שַׁעַר omitted) 
Joshua 6:1 (si vera lectio; 
סֹגֶרֶת dittograph according to Buhl
Lex 13); door after one (
אַחֲרֵי), on leaving room 
Genesis 19:6 (J); upon, behind, oneself, from within (
בְּעַדwhich see) 
2 Kings 4:4, 
2 Kings 4:5, 
2 Kings 4:33; 
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 lectio) 
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 
sagartá (loan-word) Bondi
55; both improbable, text probably corrupt; Schw
ZAW xi (1891), 258 reads 
חֲגֹר > Hal
Rev. Sém. iii (1894), 47 עוּרָה (compare 
Psalm 59:5 [
Psalm 59:4]).
 
    3. Passive participle, closed up = 
closely joined with tight seal, 
Job 41:7 [
Job 41:15] (of scales of crocodile).
 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculinesingular נִסְגַּר 1 Samuel 23:7; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 46:2; 
3rd person feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:14, 
וַתִּסָּגֵר Numbers 12:15; 
3rd person masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּ Isaiah 45:1; 
Isaiah 60:11, 
וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּ Nehemiah 13:19; 
Imperative masculine singular הִסָּגֵר Ezekiel 3:24; — 
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סִגַּר 1 Samuel 26:8; 
2 Samuel 18:28; suffix 
סִגְּרַנִי 1 Samuel 24:19 [
1 Samuel 24:18]; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix יְסַגֶּרְךָ 1 Samuel 17:46; — 
deliver up to (leave no other opening for one, shut one up to), compare [
H4042] [
מָגַן], 
מִגֵּן, above), only Samuel: with accusative of person + 
בְּיַד 1 Samuel 17:46; 
1 Samuel 24:19 [
1 Samuel 24:18]; 
1 Samuel 26:8; 
בְּיַד omitted 
2 Samuel 18:28 (see also [
H5462Hiph.). 
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular סֻגַּר Isaiah 24:10; 
3rd person plural סֻגְּרוּ Jeremiah 13:19, 
וְסֻגְּרוּ consecutive 
Isaiah 24:22; 
Participle feminine 
מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶת Joshua 6:1; — 
be shut up: 
    2. of prisoners 
עַלמַֿסְגֵּר Isaiah 24:22 = 
down into a dungeon.
 
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִסְגִּיר Leviticus 14:46 +; 
2nd person masculine singular suffix הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִי Psalm 31:9 [
Psalm 31:8]; 
1st person singular וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫י Amos 6:8, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַסְגִּיר Job 11:10, 
וַיַּסְגֵּר Psalm 78:48; 
Psalm 78:62; 
2nd person masculine singular תַּסְגִּר Deuteronomy 23:16 [
Deuteronomy 23:15], jussive 
תַּסְגֵּר Obadiah 14, etc.; 
Infinitive construct הַסְגִּיר Amos 1:6, suffix 
הַסְגִּירוֺ 1 Samuel 23:20, 
הַסְגִּירָם Amos 1:9; — 
    2. shut up (late; chiefly Leviticus 13; Leviticus 14 P):
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