שַׁ֫עַר 373 noun masculine 2 Samuel 18:24 (
feminineIsaiah 14:31 in personification, Albr
ZAW xvi (1896), 86) 
gate; — 
שׁ׳ absolute 
Judges 9:40 +, construct 
Genesis 22:17 +; with 
ה locative, 
שָׁ֑עְרָה Isaiah 28:6 +; plural 
שְׁעָרִים 2 Samuel 18:24 +, construct 
שַׁעֲרֵי 1 Samuel 17:52 +; suffix 
שְׁעָרֶיךָ Deuteronomy 12:15 +, 
שַׁעֲרֵיהֶם Ezekiel 21:20; 
Ezekiel 48:34, etc.; — 
    1.
    a. gate, entrance to city, shut (
סָגַר) by night 
Joshua 2:5, 
7 (JE), compare 
Isaiah 45:1, opened (
מָּתַח) by day 
Nehemiah 7:3, compare 
Isaiah 60:11; for entrance (
בּוֺא), and exit (
יָצָא) 
Jeremiah 17:19, 
20, 
21, 
24, 
25, 
27; 
Lamentations 4:12; 
Ezekiel 26:10 +; 
עָבַר שׁ׳ Micah 2:13 pass out through (disregard accents), 
בַּשׁ׳ ע׳ Isaiah 62:10; with bars 
Psalm 147:13; attacked 
Ezekiel 21:20; 
Ezekiel 21:27, compare 
Isaiah 28:6; 
Micah 1:9, 
12; 
1 Samuel 17:52; on 
Judges 5:8, 
11 see Commentaries; burned (by foe) Jeremiah 19:27; 
Jeremiah 51:58; 
Nehemiah 1:3; 
Nehemiah 2:3, 
13, 
17; as giving control, possession, of city, 
אֹיְבָיו יָרַשׁ אֵת שׁ׳ Genesis 22:17; 
Genesis 24:60 (J); 
מֶּתַח הַשּׁ׳ Judges 9:40 + (see 
פ׳), 
דַּלְתוֺת הַשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 21:14 + (see 
ד׳ 3); 
מֶּתַחהַֿשּׁ׳ Judges 18:16, 
17 of farm or village; so of camp 
Exodus 32:26, 
27 (J). In cities, elaborate structure, with roof 
2 Samuel 18:24, upper chamber 
2 Samuel 19:1; compare 
שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים רָאשֵׁיכֶם Psalm 24:7; 
Psalm 24:9; write laws 
בִּשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 6:9 (+ 
עַלמְֿזֻזוֺת בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ), 
Deuteronomy 11:20 (+
id..); 
בְּתוֺךְ הַשּׁ׳ 1 Samuel 9:18, 
אֶלאתּוֺךְ הַשּׁ׳ 2 Samuel 3:27; 
(לְ)יַד שׁ׳ as public, 
1 Samuel 4:18, + 
1 Samuel 4:13 
 Th We Dr and others, compare 
2 Samuel 15:2; 
2 Samuel 18:4; 
Proverbs 8:3 (|| 
מְבוֺא פְתָחִים).
 
    b. particular gates of Jerusalem are:
    (18) הָרִאשׁוֺן שׁ׳ Zechariah 14:10; — on sites and relation to each other see RS-GASm
Ency. Bib. JERUSALEM Conder
Hast. DB id. Buhl
G 133 ff. Bd
Pal. under the word Murray
Hd. Bk, under the word BeRy
Ne p. 182 ff. Gu
ZPV, especially v (1882). 7 ff. viii (1885), 245 ff. Comm.
on the passage variant reading.
 
    2.
    a. gate = space inside gate, as public meeting-place, market 
2 Kings 7:1, 
18, place of public well 
2 Samuel 23:15, 
16 = 
1 Chronicles 11:17, 
18, where elders, judges, king, sat officially 
Deuteronomy 21:19; 
Deuteronomy 22:15; 
Amos 5:12, 
15; 
Isaiah 29:21; 
2 Samuel 18:24; 
2 Samuel 19:9; 
1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; 
Genesis 19:1 (J) 
Proverbs 24:7; 
Job 5:4; 
Job 31:21; 
Ruth 4:1 (twice in verse); 
Proverbs 31:23, 
31, etc.; of conqueror 
Jeremiah 1:15; apparently = 
רְחוֺב שׁ׳ Genesis 19:2 (J) 
Nehemiah 8:16; 
1 Chronicles 9:16 + (see I. 
ר׳); 
Genesis 34:20 (P) 
one came unto gate (
בָּא אֶלֿ), so 
בָּאֵי שׁ׳ Genesis 23:10, 
18 (P) 
those entering the gate, i.e. having citizens' rights; also 
went out (to), 
יָצָא שׁ׳ Job 29:7 (i.e., in this case, from his own house, outside the city), hence 
כָּליֹֿצְאֵי שׁ׳ Genesis 34:24 (twice in verse) (P; compare also 
הוֺצִיא אֶלֿ Deuteronomy 21:19; 
Deuteronomy 22:15, 
24); hence = body of citizens, 
עַמִּי כָּלשֿׁ׳ Ruth 3:11.
 
    c. specifically in Deuteronomy, 
בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ in thy gates, i.e. thy cities, towns, etc., 
Deuteronomy 5:14 = 
Exodus 20:10; 
Deuteronomy 12:12, 
15, 
17, 
21 + 
22 times Deuteronomy + 
1 Kings 8:37 (read 
בְּאַחַד שׁ׳, compare 
Deuteronomy 18:6; 
Deuteronomy 23:17, so 
 
 
 modern), so || 
2 Chronicles 6:28, + (perhaps) 
Jeremiah 14:2 (but 
Jeremiah 15:7; 
Nahum 3:13 figurative of 
gates as entrance to land); of private house, 
שַׁעֲרֵי צַדִּיק Proverbs 14:19 (perhaps compare 
Judges 18:16 1a above).
 
    3.
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H8651.
														
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