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title: מַסְגֵּר — locksmith · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַסְגֵּר (4525), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: locksmith. BDB 1906: locksmith, smith dungeon: Pu. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַסְגֵּר

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«מַסְגֵּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **locksmith** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4525 · **BDB:** מַסְגֵּר²

### Glosses

prison (2); a.prison (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

locksmith [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4525/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

locksmith, smith dungeon: Pu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4525/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] 1. locksmith, smith. 2. dungeon:—always abs.: coll. smiths, וְכָל־הֶחָרָשׁ וְהַמּ׳ 2 K 24:14 cf. v 16, Je 24:1; 29:2. dungeon Is 24:22 (cf. סגר Pu.); fig. of exile 42:7 (הוֹצִיא מִמּ׳); הוֹצִיאָה מִמּ׳ נַפְשִׁי ψ 142:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַסְגֵּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4525/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.7/)

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לִפְקֹ֖חַ עֵינַ֣יִם עִוְר֑וֹת לְהוֹצִ֤יא מִמַּסְגֵּר֙ אַסִּ֔יר מִבֵּ֥ית כֶּ֖לֶא יֹ֥שְׁבֵי חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

*Word for word:* to open eyes blind to bring.out from prison prisoner\[s\] from a.house of.imprisonment \[those.who\].dwell of.darkness

*JPS 1917:* To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house.

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[Isaiah 24:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.22/)

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וְאֻסְּפ֨וּ אֲסֵפָ֤ה אַסִּיר֙ עַל־בּ֔וֹר וְסֻגְּר֖וּ עַל־מַסְגֵּ֑ר וּמֵרֹ֥ב יָמִ֖ים יִפָּקֵֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.gathered a.gathering prisoner\[s\] to a.pit and they.will.be.shut.up at a.prison and from an.abundance of.days they.will.be.visited

*JPS 1917:* And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be punished.

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