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title: נָעַל — bar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָעַל (5274), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: bar. BDB 1906: vb. bar, bolt, lock. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָעַל

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«נָעַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bar** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5274 · **BDB:** נָעַל

### Glosses

locked (2); \[were\].locked (1); he.locked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5274/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bar, bolt, lock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5274/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bar, bolt, lock (NH id.);— Pf. 3 ms. נָעַל 2 S 13:18, נָעָ֑ל Ju 3:23; Imv. נְעֹל 2 S 13:17; Pt. pass. נָעוּל Ct 4:12(×2); fpl. נְעֻלוֹת Ju 3:24;—bar, bolt, lock, usually c. acc. דֶּלֶת, דְּלָתוֹת: Ju 3:23, + אַחֲרֵי after, behind, v 24; 2 S 13:17, 18; elsewhere only גַּן נָעוּל Ct 4:12 a garden barred (fig. of Shulamite), so also v 12b (reading גַּן for גַּל, Vrss Gr Bu).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָעַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5274/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.12/)

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גַּ֥ן ׀ נָע֖וּל אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּ֑ה גַּ֥ל נָע֖וּל מַעְיָ֥ן חָתֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.garden locked sister my bride a.spring locked a.spring sealed.up

*JPS 1917:* A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

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[Judges 3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.23/)

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וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֵה֖וּד הַֽמִּסְדְּר֑וֹנָה וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר דַּלְת֧וֹת הָעַלִיָּ֛ה בַּעֲד֖וֹ וְנָעָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Ehud to the porch and he.closed the.doors of the.roof.chamber behind him and he.locked.\[them\]

*JPS 1917:* Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the upper chamber upon him, and locked them.

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