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title: עָגַן — shut oneself in · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָגַן (5702), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shut oneself in. BDB 1906: vb. shut oneself in off. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָגַן

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«עָגַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut oneself in** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5702 · **BDB:** עָגַן

### Glosses

will.you.shut.yourselves.off (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut oneself in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5702/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shut oneself in off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5702/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shut oneself in or off (NH id., Pt. pass. restrained (especially from marriage), also עוֹגִין anchor; 𝔗 עֲגַן be imprisoned);—Impf. 2 fpl. תֵּעָגֵ֫נָה לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֹת לְאִישׁ Ru 1:13 would ye shut yourselves off, so as not to belong to a man?

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָגַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5702/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.13/)

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הֲלָהֵ֣ן ׀ תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י הֱי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ אַ֣ל בְּנֹתַ֗י כִּֽי־מַר־לִ֤י מְאֹד֙ מִכֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖י יַד־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? therefore will.you.wait until that they.will.grow.up ? therefore will.you.shut.yourselves.off to not to.belong to a.husband no my.daughters my (dm) it.is.bitter to me very more than.you (dm) it.has.gone.forth on me the.hand of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.'

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