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title: סָגַר — shut · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סָגַר (lemma:סָגַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: shut. BDB 1906: enclosure, encasement Qal Qal. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סָגַר

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«סָגַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shut** — 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:** lemma:סָגַר · **BDB:** סְגוֹר

### Glosses

lance (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shut [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

enclosure, encasement Qal Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5d2_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] enclosure, encasement;—cstr. סְגוֹר לִבָּם Ho 13:8 the encasement of their heart (pericardium; i.e. their vitals).—סְגוֹר Jb 28:15 must = fine gold, si vera l., but v. סגר, Qal ad fin.; סְגֹר ψ 35:3 v. id., Qal 2 b.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סָגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/lemma_3a_5e1_5b8_5d2_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 35:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.3/)

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וְהָ֘רֵ֤ק חֲנִ֣ית וּ֭סְגֹר לִקְרַ֣את רֹדְפָ֑י אֱמֹ֥ר לְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗י יְֽשֻׁעָתֵ֥ךְ אָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* and draw.out a.spear and lance to meet \[those who\].pursue.me say to self my salvation \[am\].your I

*JPS 1917:* Draw out also the spear, and the battle-axe, against them that pursue me; say unto my soul: 'I am Thy salvation.'

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