5462. sagar
Lexical Summary
sagar: to shut, close
Original Word: סָגַר
Transliteration: 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.

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H5462. sagar

I. סָגַרverb shut, close (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic סְגַר‎, id.; Zinjirli מסגרתprison Lzb328; Phoenician סגר‎ Pi`el or Hiph`il deliver over; possibly Ethiopic (prison) guard PräBAS i. 371); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳סGenesis 19:6 +, 3 plural סָֽגְרוּ2 Chronicles 29:7, סָֽגְר֑וּPsalm 17:10 (compare Baer's n., Ges§ 29oii, 1, 535 Anm.), סָגָר֑וּGenesis 19:10; Joshua 2:7; Imperfect יִסְגֹּרJob 12:14; Malachi 1:10, 1plural cohortative נִסְגְּרָהNehemiah 6:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular סְגֹרPsalm 35:3; Isaiah 26:20 (וּסֲגֹר‎ Baer Ginsb), masculine plural סִגְרוּ2 Kings 6:32; Infinitive construct לִסְגּוֺרJoshua 2:5; Participle active סֹגֵרIsaiah 22:22; feminine סֹגֶּרֶתJoshua 6:1 (but see below); passive סָגוּר1 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 לִסְגֹּרJoshua 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 דַּלְתֵיJob 3:10, compare ׳ס רַחְמָהּ1 Samuel 1:5, רַחְמָהּ ׳ס בְּעַד1:6; absolute shut (opposed to מָּתַח‎) Isaiah 22:22 (twice in verse); metaphor ס ׳חֶלְבָּמוֺPsalm 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 וַיִּסְגֹּרGenesis 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 עֲלֵיהֶםExodus 14:3 the wilderness hath closed in upon them; object omitted, עַלאִֿישׁ יִסְגֹּרJob 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 נִסְגַּר1 Samuel 23:7; Imperfect3masculine singular יִסָּגֵרEzekiel 46:2-3;feminine singular jussive תִּסָּגֵרNumbers 12:14, וַתִּסָּגֵר12:15; 3masculine plural יִסָּנֵר֑וּIsaiah 45:1; 60:11, וַיִּסָּֽגְרוּNehemiah 13:19; Imperative masculine singular הִסָּגֵרEzekiel 3:24; —

1 subject person be shut up [in city] 1 Samuel 23:7, לַמַּחֲנֶה מִחוּץNumbers 12:14-15, (E); בַּיִת בְּתוֺךְEzekiel 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 סִגַּר1 Samuel 26:8; 2 Samuel 18:28; suffix סִגְּרַנִי1 Samuel 24:19; Imperfect3masculine singular suffix יְסַגֶּרְךָ17:46; — 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 + בְּיַד17:46; 24:19; 26:8; בְּיַד‎ omitted 2 Samuel 18:28 (see also Hiph`il). p. 698

Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular סֻגַּרIsaiah 24:10; 3plural סֻגְּרוּJeremiah 13:19, וְסֻגְּרוּ‎ consecutive Isaiah 24:22; Participle feminine מְסֻגֶּ֫רֶתJoshua 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 עַלמַֿסְגֵּרIsaiah 24:22 = down into a dungeon.

3 of doors Ecclesiastes 12:14.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הִסְגִּירLeviticus 14:46 +; 2 masculine singular suffix הִסְגַּרְתַּ֫נִיPsalm 31:9; 1singular וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֫יAmos 6:8, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַסְגִּירJob 11:10, וַיַּסְגֵּרPsalm 78:48; 78:62; 2masculine singular תַּסְגִּרDeuteronomy 23:16, jussive תַּסְגֵּר‎ Obadiah 14, etc.; Infinitive construct הַסְגִּירAmos 1:6, suffix הַסְגִּירוֺ1 Samuel 23:20, הַסְגִּירָםAmos 1:9; —

1 deliver up to (compare Pi`el), with accusative of person + בְּיַד1 Samuel 23:11-12, 20; 30:15; Joshua 20:5 (D) Psalm 31:9; + לְAmos 1:9; Psalm 78:50; 78:62, and (accusative of person omitted) Amos 1:6; + אֶלֿDeuteronomy 23:16; Job 16:11; with accusative of animal + לְPsalm 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 הַבַּיִתLeviticus 14:38 and (indefinite subject) 14:46.

סְגַרverb shut (see Biblical Hebrew) —

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








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