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title: סָכַר — shut up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָכַר (5534), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shut up. BDB 1906: vb. shut up, stop up. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָכַר

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«סָכַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut up** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5534 · **BDB:** סָכַר

### Glosses

it.will.be.shut.up (1); they.were.shut.up (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5534/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut up, stop up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5534/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut up, stop up (Aramaic סְכַר, ܣܟܰܪ shut up, stop up, dam up; Arabic سَكَرَ fill, stop up, dam (river), etc., also close, stop up door, Lane1390; Assyrian sikệru, dam up, ii. 2. stop ears; cf. sikkuru, bolt DlHWB 499; appar. kindr. with סגר;—hence Egyptian t’akar, barrier, Bondi88);— Impf. 3 ms. יִסָּכֵר פִּי וגו׳ ψ 63:12 the mouth of liars shall be stopped; 3 mpl. וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ Gn 8:2 (P) and the springs of the deep etc., were shut up. Pf. וְסִכַּרְתִּ֫י אֶת־מִצְרַיִם בְּיַד Is 19:4 and I will shut up (deliver) Egypt into the hand of, etc. (cf. סגר, מגן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָכַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5534/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.8.2/)

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וַיִּסָּֽכְרוּ֙ מַעְיְנֹ֣ת תְּה֔וֹם וַֽאֲרֻבֹּ֖ת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וַיִּכָּלֵ֥א הַגֶּ֖שֶׁם מִן־הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and they.were.shut.up the.springs of.the.deep and the.windows of the.heavens and it.was.restrained the rain from the heavens

*JPS 1917:* the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained.

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[Psalms 63:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.63.12/)

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וְהַמֶּלֶךְ֮ יִשְׂמַ֪ח בֵּאלֹ֫הִ֥ים יִ֭תְהַלֵּל כָּל־הַנִּשְׁבָּ֣ע בּ֑וֹ כִּ֥י יִ֝סָּכֵ֗ר פִּ֣י דֽוֹבְרֵי־שָֽׁקֶר׃

*Word for word:* and the king he.will.rejoice in God he.will.boast every (the).\[one who\].swears.an.oath by him (dm) it.will.be.shut.up \[the\].mouth of.\[those.who\].speak (of).falsehood

*JPS 1917:* But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by Him shall glory; for the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

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- next →: [סָכַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5db_5b7_5e8.md)
- ↑ back to [ס](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1505-2.md)