--- title: חָגַר — gird · The Tanakh dictionary description: חָגַר (2296), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 44 times: gird. BDB 1906: vb. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2296/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. gird, gird on, gird oneself (NH id., Aramaic חֲגַר; Arabic حَجَرَ hinder, restrain, so Syriac ܚܓܰܪ; Assyrian agâru, surround, in deriv., DlW 105 ff.; Sab. מחגרת (cf. Arabic مَحْجِرٌ, مَحَاجِر, enclosed space, district, etc.), DHM in MV; also n.pr. dei and loc. חגר, Sab. Denkm3.81.93 CISiv. 1, No. 49 etc.)— Pf. 3 fs. חָֽגְרָה Pr 31:17; 2 ms. וְהָגַרְתָּ֫ Ex 29:9; 3 pl. חָֽגְרוּ Is 15:3 La 2:10; וְח׳ consec. Ez 7:18; 27:31; Impf. 3 ms. יַחְגֹּר Lv 16:4, וַיַּחְגֹּר Lv 8:7(×2) + 4 times; sf. יַחְגְּרֶ֑הָ ψ 109:19; 2 ms. תַּחְגֹּר ψ 76:11 (but on text v. infr.); 3 mpl. יַחְגְּרוּ Ez 44:18 2 S 22:46 (but on text of both v. infr.), וַיַּחְגְּרוּ 1 S 25:13 1 K 20:32; 3 fpl. תַּחְגֹּרְנָה ψ 65:13; 2 mpl. וַתַּחְגְּרוּ De 1:41; Imv. ms. חֲגֹר 2 K 4:29; 9:1, חֲגוֹר ψ 45:4; fs. חִגְרִי־ Je 6:26; mpl. חִגְרוּ 1 S 25:13 + 3 times; fpl. חֲגֹרְנָה Je 49:3, cf. חֲג֖וֹרָה Is 32:11 (v. infr.); Inf. cstr. לַחֲגֹר Is 22:12; Pt. act. חֹגֵר 1 K 20:11 2 K 3:21; pass. m. חָגוּר Ju 18:11 + 5 times; f. cstr. חֲגֻרַת־ Jo 1:8; pl. חֲגוּרִים Ex 12:11 Ju 18:16; חֲגֻרִים Dn 10:5;— trans., gird some one, with girdle; c. 2 acc. Ex 29:9 Lv 8:13 (both P); pass., girded with ephod (acc.) 1 S 2:18 2 S 6:14; sq. בְּ Dn 10:5, c. acc. and בְּ, fig. Pr 31:17, חגרה בְּעוז מתניה Lv 8:7(×2) (P), c. acc. מתנים gird up thy loins, i.e. make ready to go 2 K 4:29; 9:1, pass. Ex 12:11 (P); cf. prob. also חֲג֖וֹרָה עַל־חֲלָצָ֑יִם Is 32:11 gird upon the loins (2nd acc. om.); on verb. form as Imv. fpl. v. AE Ki Ew§ 226 a Di Du; \> as ms. Ol§ 234 a Ges§ 48. 5 Sta§ 591 d Kö§ 20. 12. gird on, bind on (= gird oneself with), a girdle ψ 109:19 (in sim.); so especially c. acc. שׂק, שׂקים of mourning Is 15:3; 22:12 La 2:10 Ez 7:18; 27:31 2 S 3:31 Je 4:8; 6:26; 49:3; also 1 K 20:32 (c. acc. שׂק + ב bef. מתנים); pass., sq. על bef. obj. of mourning Jo 1:8 (sim.); abs. (שׂק om.) Jo 1:13 (‖ ספדו); sq. חֶרֶב 1 S 25:13(×3) Dt 1:41; ψ 45:4 ח׳ חרב על יָרֵךְ, so Ju 3:16, 1 S 17:39 (sq. acc. + מֵעַל); c. acc. cogn. ח׳ חגורה 2 K 3:21; abs. 1 K 20:11; pass. Ju 18:11, 16, 17 2 S 20:8 b (where read חֶרֶב Klo Dr—not We), 21:16; read perhaps also חָגוּר for חֲגוֹר 20:8 c, so Klo Dr. intr. gird oneself, sq. בְּ rei Lv 16:4 (P), so לֹא יַח׳ בַיָּ֑זַע they shall not gird themselves with sweat(?) Ez 44:18 (del. 𝔖 Co Sgfr); c. acc. rei (fig.) גִּיל גְּבָעוֹת תַּח׳ ψ 65:13 with rejoicing the hills gird themselves; cf. שְׁאֵרִית חֵמֹת תַּחְ׳ ψ 76:11 with a remnant (residue) of wraths thou girdest thyself, so Hi Hup De VB; but very doubtful; 𝔊 Bö; Ew read תְּחָגֶּ֑ךָ for תַּחגר; Bae Ka omit line as corrupt; cf. further Che and crit. n.—וְיַחְגְּרוּ 2 S 22:46 is textual error for וְיַחְרְגוּ, cf. ‖ ψ 18:46; so Now Hup Kit al. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חָגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2296/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 65:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.13/) יִ֭רְעֲפוּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר וְ֝גִ֗יל גְּבָע֥וֹת תַּחְגֹּֽרְנָה׃ *Word for word:* they.drip \[the\].pastures of.\[the\].wilderness and rejoicing \[the\].hills they.gird.on *JPS 1917:* The pastures of the wilderness do drop; and the hills are girded with joy. [2 Samuel 22:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.46/) בְּנֵ֥י נֵכָ֖ר יִבֹּ֑לוּ וְיַחְגְּר֖וּ מִמִּסְגְּרוֹתָֽם׃ *Word for word:* sons of.foreignness they.withered and they.girded.themselves from strongholds their *JPS 1917:* The sons of the stranger fade away, and come halting out of their close places. - ← previous: [חׇגְלָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2295.md) - next →: [חַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2297.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)